A film in three parts: An aquarium, a man sitting at a table reading various text passages, and a sequence from Jean Renoir’s film LA MARSEILLAISE. This is all from a film by Jean-Marie Straub – about fate, the soul and the cosmos, about the evident nature in which man lives, just like in the aquarium surrounding him. And finally, there’s the nation as a symbol for the community of free people. A Straub film represents a gift that isn’t based on exchange, but rather the opposite of communication. And what could be more beautiful and liberating in life?
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
McQueen74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sherman's March67%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
12 jours71%
Directed by John Ford70%
Public Speaking70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Captains63%
180° South72%
Above Majestic73%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Daguerréotypes73%
Voyeur59%
Elstree 197661%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Western Stars70%
