Completed - GERMAN - Documentary - 118 minutes
MAKING OF HEIMAT observes every step in the production of this challenging work, showing the peculiar world of filmmaking from Edgar Reitz' perspective. In doing so, the documentary strictly follows Edgar Reitz' request: "Please don't shoot an ordinary making-of. Make a film about filmmaking!"
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Anja POHL, Jörg ADOLPH Writer(s) : Jörg ADOLPH Cast : Christian REITZ, Edgar REITZ, Gernot ROLL, Nikolai EBERTH, Salome KAMMER, Toni GERG, Ute CREMER, Uwe KLIMMECK Producer(s) : Ingo FLIESS (if... Productions)
In between celebrating his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Oberhausen Manifesto, Edgar Reitz shot his latest film. With HOME FROM HOME - CHONICLE OF A VISION he aims to continue not only his world famous HEIMAT series but also his earliest works. A whole village in the Hunsrück region of Germany is taken back in time to 1840 by set designers, actors and actresses are cast in full costumes and according to their matching compatibility as a family ensemble. MAKING OF HEIMAT observes all stages in the creation of this challenging film and takes on Edgar Reitz' point of view on filmmaking. And in his case filmmaking means a nearly four hour long afterthought of the "Young German Cinema" movement in digital cinemascope and black and white! The filmmakers strictly followed Edgar's dictum: "Don't do an ordinary making-of but make a film that shows how films are made."
Country(ies) : GERMANY
DocCorner 2014