Ulrich Seidl. In the Basement

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ulrich Seidl. In the Basement
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Claus Phili
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:168
Dimensions(mm): Height 300,Width 200
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
Individual film directors and film-makers
ISBN/Barcode 9783716518151
ClassificationsDewey:070.18
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Benteli Verlag
Imprint Benteli Verlag
Publication Date 9 February 2015
Publication Country Switzerland

Description

Ulrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are often characterized by a documentary-like style, blending fic - tion and nonfiction and using long, fixed shots as well as abrupt cuts. In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Jury Price at the Venice Film Festival for his film "Dog Days" and his recent "Paradise" trilogy was critically acclaimed worldwide. His latest film "Im Keller" (In the Basement) is a journey through the depths of the Austrian soul: it is about brass band music and opera arias, expensive furniture and sleazy jokes, sexuality and sadism, fit - ness and fascism, snakes and weapons, love and the yearning for it. This accompanying book intends to draw attention to the specific es - thetics and social dimension of Seidl's tableaux with the help of film frames and texts. Selected motifs of this tour through the basements of typical Austrian family homes communicate with texts by film critics, philosophers, psychologists, authors and essay writers.