The last films for cinema by Alexander Kluge. Both tell about a dozen stories which complement one another by creating a context. The Blind Director: A young doctor feels that she is redundant. People hurry around. A family sits in front of the computer as if it were a fire in the hearth. A kindergarten teacher is supposed to turn a child over to its legal guardians. The blind director. The present becomes inflammed. Without prior events, the future and particularly a sense of the possible, there is no reality. Miscellaneous News are on the last page of the newspapers. With little oversight from editorial offices but with great emotional fuel. The 2-disc DVD also offers a talk with Alexander Kluge and Jean-Luc Godard as well as new one-minute films by Alexander Kluge.
The films
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit / The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time - West Germany 1985 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Cinematography by: Thomas Mauch, Werner Lüring, Hermann Fahr - Edited by: Jane Seitz - Cast: Jutta Hoffmann, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Peter Roggisch, Rosel Zech, Maria Slatinaru, Günther Reich, Alfred Edel, Rosemarie Fendel - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich - Première: October 24, 1985 (Hof Film Festival)
Blinde Liebe - Gespräch mit Jean-Luc Godard / Blind Love - Talk with Jean-Luc Godard - West Germany 2001 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich - Première: January 7, 2002, RTL
Vermischte Nachrichten / Miscellaneous News - West Germany 1986 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Cinematographed by: Werner Lüring, Thomas Mauch - Edited by: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Jane Seitz - Cast: Marita Breuer, Rosel Zech, Sabine Wenger, André Jung, Sabine Trooger, Beate Holle, Arman Khoschboyani - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich - Première: October 24, 1986 (Hof Film Festival)
16 Minutenfilme / 16 Minute Films - BRD / West Germany 2006 - Drehbuch und Regie / Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Produktion / Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich
Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt / Mrs. Blackburn, Born 1/5/1872, Is Being Filmed - West Germany 1967 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Cinematographed by: Thomas Mauch - Edited by: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich - Première: June 28, 1967 (Internationale Film Festival Berlin)
Ein Arzt aus Halberstadt / A Doctor from Halberstadt - West Germany 1970 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Cinematography by: Alfred Tichawsky, Günter Hörmann - Edited by: Maximiliane Mainka - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich
Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 / A Woman from the Property-owning Middle Class - West Germany 1973 - Directed and written by: Alexander Kluge - Cinematographed by: Thomas Mauch - Edited by: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus - Produced by: Kairos-Film, Munich
DVD features (2 discs)
DVD 1
- Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit 1985, 106'
- Chapter selection
- Blinde Liebe 2001, 24'
- 16 Minutenfilme 2007, 17'
- Zwischen Mitternacht und der vierten Nachtstunde 2006, 1'
- Booklet with texts by Alexander Kluge
DVD 2
- Vermischte Nachrichten 1986, 96'
- Chapter selection
- Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt 1967, 13'
- Ein Arzt aus Halberstadt 1970, 29'
- Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908 1973, 11'
- Jedes Mal nach dem Untergang 2006, 1'
- Buch von Martin Weinmann und Alexander Kluge "Neonröhren des Himmels - Filmalbum" (Zweitausendeins, 2007) als PDF-File im ROM-Bereich
DVD edited by: Filmmuseum München and Goethe-Institut, funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation
DVD authoring: Ralph Schermbach
DVD supervision: Stefan Drössler
First edition June 2007, Second edition April 2010
