Landscape on Film
April 19, 2010
The uniting theme that runs through the films is their attention to landscape: its beauty, its brutality, and the way it can both serve as a point of sustenance as well as a site of contention and violence.
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
Bread Day (Sergei Dvortsevoy, 1998)
Water and Power (Pat O'Neill, 1989)
From “Tropical Malady,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004.
From “Hunger” Steve McQueen, 2008.
We would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the various ways in which film has dealt with the issue of the wall. As such, we will screen films that not only represent walls, but address the spectator's relation to the wall, or challenge our conventional understanding what constitutes a wall or boundary.
Wings of Desire (Wim Winders, 1987)
Mur (Simone Bitton, 2004)
Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)