FIRST COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE OF JEAN-MARIE STRAUB AND DANIÈLE HUILLET IN THE UK
Press release
MARCH
FRI 1.3. ICA
6.30pm Cinema 1
Season Opening
L’arrotino [The Knife Sharpener], Italy/France, 2001, 7 min.
Von heute auf morgen [From Today Until Tomorrow], West Germany/France, 1996, 62 min.
8.30pm Cinema 1
La Guerre d’Algérie [The Algerian War], Switzerland/France, 2014, 2 min.
Kommunisten [Communists], Switzerland/France, 2014, 70 min.
Gens du Lac [People of the Lake], Switzerland/France, 2018, 19 min.
SAT 2.3. BFI
6.25pm NFT3
Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach [Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach], West Germany, 1967, 93 min., English version
MON 4.3. BFI
6.15pm NFT3
‘The senses have therefore become directly theoreticians in their practice’: The Intensive Materialism of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub.’ | Lecture by Kodwo Eshun
8.30pm NFT3
Machorka-Muff, West Germany, 1962, 18 min.
Nicht versöhnt, oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht [Not Reconciled, or Only Violence Helps Where Violence Rules], West Germany, 1964/65, 52 min.
WED 6.3. BFI
8.30pm NFT2
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter [The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp], West Germany, 1968, 23 min.
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer ou Peut-être qu’un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour [Eyes Don’t Want to Be Closed at All Times, or Perhaps one day Rome Will Permit Herself to Choose in Her Turn (Othon)], Italy/France, 1969, 88 min.
SAT 9.3. King’s College London
2pm Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31)
‘Incendiary Fictions: Straub-Huillet and Screen Adaptation’
Workshop with Martin Brady, Erica Carter,Helen Hughes, Roland-François Lack, Nikolaj Lübecker.
Screening:
Machorka-Muff, West Germany, 1962, 18 min.
Toute révolution est un coup de dés [Every Revolution is a Throw of the Dice], France, 1977, 10 min.
En rachâchant, France, 1983, 7 min.
Schakale und Araber [Jackals and Arabs], France, 2011, 10 min. 43 sec.
SUN 10.3. BFI
6.00pm NFT3
Geschichtsunterricht [History Lessons], Italy/West Germany, 1972, 85 min.
TUE 12.3. BFI
5.50pm NFT 3
Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach [Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach], West Germany, 1967, 93 min., English version
THU 14.3. BFI
6.00pm NFT3
Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene [Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene’], West Germany, 1972, 15 min.
Moses und Aron [Moses and Aaron], Austria/West Germany/France/Italy,1974, 105 min.
8.50pm NFT3
Toute révolution est un coup de dés [Every Revolution is a Throw of the Dice], France, 1977, 10 min.
Fortini/Cani, Italy/France, 1976, 83 min.
SAT 16.3. BFI
1.30pm NFT3
Geschichtsunterricht [History Lessons], Italy/West Germany, 1972, 85 min.
3:50pm NFT3
‘History Lessons: Brecht, Straub-Huillet and the British context’
Roundtable: Martin Brady, Erica Carter [Chair], Ian Christie, Nicolas Helm-Grovas, Laura Mulvey
Organised with the German Screen Studies Network
SUN 17.3. BFI
7.45pm NFT2
En rachâchant, France, 1983, 7 min.
Klassenverhältnisse [Class Relations], West Germany, 1984, 127 min.
MON 18.3. BFI
5.45pm NFT2
Dalla nube alla resistenza [From the Cloud to the Resistance], Italy/West Germany, 1978, 105 min.
TUE 19.3. ICA
6.15 Cinema 1
Too Early/Too Late, France, 1980/81, 100 min. English version
Europa 2005, 27 Octobre, [Europa 2005, 27 October], France, 2005, 10 min. 30 sec.
Joachim Gatti, France, 2009, 2 min.
WED 20.3. BFI
6pm NFT2
En rachâchant, France, 1983, 7 min.
Klassenverhältnisse [Class Relations], West Germany, 1984, 127 min.
THU 21.3. ICA
6.15pm Cinema 1
Too Early/Too Late, France, 1981, 100 min. English version
Europa 2005, 27 Octobre, [Europa 2005, 27 October], France, 2005, 10 min. 30 sec.
Schakale und Araber [Jackals and Arabs], France, 2011, 10 min. 43 sec.
FRI 22.3. & SAT 23.3. Goethe-Institut
‘Mama, what are modern people?’ Straub–Huillet’s adaptation of Schoenberg’s comic opera Von heute auf morgen | Workshop led by Martin Brady and Larson Powell
FRI 22.3. Goethe-Institut
7pm
Du skal ære din Hustru [The Master of the House], Carl Th. Dreyer, Denmark,1925, 105 min.
SAT 23.3. Goethe-Institut
2pm
‘Mama, what are modern people?’, Straub–Huillet, Schoenberg and Von heute auf morgen
Von heute auf morgen [From Today until Tomorrow], West Germany/France, 1997, 62 min.
Workshop led by Martin Brady and Larson Powell
Performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘Phantasy for Violin and Piano’ (1949)
SUN 24.3. ICA
2.15pm Cinema 1
Too Early/Too Late, France, 1981, 100 min. English version
SAT 30.3. Birkbeck Cinema
12pm
Parallel screening
EFF: Retrospective Günter Peter Straschek. Part I
Shorts by G.P.Straschek and films by Huillet and Straub + discussion.
SUN 31.3. ICA
1.30pm Cinema 1
Dalla nube alla resistenza [From the Cloud to the Resistance], Italy/West Germany, 1978, 105 min.
Dolando, Italy, 2003, 7 min.
APRIL
MON 1.4. Birkbeck Cinema and Goethe-Institut
Birkbeck Cinema: 11pm-5pm || Goethe-Institut: 7pm
EFF: Retrospective Günter Peter Straschek. Part II
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland [Film Emigration from Nazi Germany, 1–5], West Germany,1975, c. 300 min. [5 x 60 min.]
SAT 6.4. ICA
2.05pm Cinema 1
Proposta in Quattro Parti [Proposal in Four Parts], Italy, 1985, 40 min.
Quei loro incontri [These Encounters of Theirs], Italy/France, 2005, 68 min.
4.15pm Cinema 1
Le Genou d’Artemide [Artemide’s Knee], Italy/France, 2008, 26 min.
Le streghe, Femmes entre elles [The Witches, Women among Themselves], France/Italy, 2009, 21 min.
L’Inconsolable [The Inconsolable One], Italy, 2011, 15 min.
La madre [The Mother], Italy, 2012, 20 min. 9 sec.
FRI 12.4. Goethe-Institut
6.15pm
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem euch erglänzt [The Death of Empedocles, or When the Green of the Earth Will Glisten for You Anew], West Germany, 1987, 132 min.
Schwarze Sünde [Black Sin], West Germany, 1988, 42 min.
SAT 13.4.Goethe-Institut
2pm
O somma luce [Oh Supreme Light], Italy/France, 2010, 18 min.
Cézanne. Dialogue with Joachim Gasquet, France, 1989, 51 min.
’Stages of Violence. Antigone by Straub/Huillet, between theatre and film.’
Lecture by Patrick Primavesi
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter [The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp], West Germany, 1968, 23 min.
Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag) [The Antigone of Sophocles after Hölderlin’s Translation Adapted for the Stage by Brecht 1948], Germany, 1991, 100 min.
TUE 23.4. ICA
6.20pm Cinema 1
Sicilia!, Italy, 1998, 66 min.
Il viandante [The Wayfarer], Italy/France, 2001, 5 min.
L’arrotino [The Knife Sharpener], Italy/France, 2001, 7 min.
THU 25.4. ICA
6.20pm Cinema 1
Où gît votre sourire enfoui? [Where Lies Your Hidden Smile?] by Pedro Costa, Portugal/France, 2001, 104 min.
6 Bagatelles [Six Bagatelles] by Pedro Costa, Portugal/France, 2001, 18 min.
FRI 26.4. ICA
6.20pm Cinema 1
Operai, contadini [Workers, Peasants], Italy/France, 2000, 123 min.
SAT 27.4. ICA
2.15pm Cinema 1
Il ritorno del figlio prodigo/Umiliati [The Return of the Prodigal Son/Humiliated], Italy/France/Germany, 2003, 64 min.
Incantati, Italy/France/Germany, 2002, 6 min.
Dolando, Italy/France/Germany, 2003, 7 min.
SUN 28.4. Goethe-Institut
12pm
Quei loro incontri [These Encounters of Theirs], Italy/France, 2005, 68 min.
Le streghe, Femmes entre elles [The Witches, Women among Themselves], France/Italy, 2009, 21 min.
Presentations and discussions led by Romano Guelfi and Manu Ramos Martinez.
Screening: ‘The Green and the Stone, Straub and Huillet in Buti’ by Armin Linke and Rinaldo Censi, 2017, 43 min.
MAI
WED 1.5. Close-Up
7.30pm
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika by Harun Farocki, West Germany, 1983, 26 min.
Klassenverhältnisse [Class Relations], West Germany, 1984, 127 min.
In celebration of International Workers’ Day
SAT 4.5. ICA
2.15pm
Sicilia!, Italy, 1998, 66 min.
6 Bagatelles [Six Bagatelles] by Pedro Costa, Portugal/France, 2001, 18 min.
SUN 5.5. ICA
12.30pm
Operai, contadini [Workers, Peasants], Italy/France, 2000, 123 min.
WED 8.5. Ciné-Lumière
6.30pm
Cézanne. Dialogue with Joachim Gasquet, [Cézanne. Conversation with Joachim Gasquet], France, 1989, 51 min.
Une visite au Louvre [A Visit to the Louvre], France, 1989, 48 min.
THU 9.5. Ciné-Lumière
6.30pm
Lothringen!, Germany/France, 1994, 21 min.
Un héritier [An heir], France, 2011, 21 min. 5 sec.
La mort de Venise [The Death of Venice], France, 2013, 22 min.
A propos de Venise [Concerning Venice (History Lessons)], Switzerland, 2013, 22 min. 39 sec.
SUN 12.5. Ciné Lumière
2pm
This Land Is Mine by Jean Renoir, USA, 1943, 120 min.
4pm
Am Siel [By the Dyke Sluice], Peter Nestler, Germany, 1962, 13 min.
Itinéraire de Jean Bricard [Itinerary of Jean Bricard], France, 2008, 40 min.
Le 6 juin à l’aube [The Sixth of June at Dawn] by Jean Grémillon, France, 1944–45, 41 min.
Gens du Lac [People of the Lake], Switzerland, 2018, 19 min.
MON 13.5. Ciné Lumière
6.30pm
Corneille – Brecht, France, 2009, 26 min. 66 sec.
Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 [The Antigone of Sophocles after Hölderlin’s Translation Adapted for the Stage by Brecht 1948], Germany, 1991, 100 min.
WED 15.5. Goethe-Institut
6pm
‘Not today but yesterday and tomorrow’ – A Conversation on Italian Literature in the films of Straub-Huillet with Gabriele Pedullà and Alberto Toscano, including short films.
Followed by a screening of:
Fortini/Cani, Italy/France, 1976, 83 min.
THU 16.5. Whitechapel Gallery
7pm
‘Border Struggles (of the Common Birds)’
Event with Silvia Maglioni and Graeme Thomson
In collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery
SAT 18.5. Close-Up
6pm
Toute révolution est un coup de dés [Every Revolution is a Throw of the Dice], France, 1977, 10 min.
Les yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer ou Peut-être qu’un jour Rome se permettra de choisir à son tour [Eyes Don’t Want to Be Closed at All Times, or Perhaps one day Rome Will Permit Herself to Choose in Her Turn (Othon)], Italy/France, 1969, 88 min.
8.15pm
Les Antiquités de Rome [The Antiquities of Rome] by Jean-Claude Rousseau, France, 1989, 104 min.
SUN 19.5. Close-Up
8pm
Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem euch erglänzt [The Death of Empedocles, or When the Green of the Earth Will Glisten for You Anew], West Germany, 1987, 132 min.
WED 22.5. Close-Up
6pm
Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach [Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach], West Germany, 1967, 93 min., English version
8.15pm
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne [A Tale by Michel de Montaigne], France, 2013, 34 min.
Dialogue d’ombres [Dialogue of Shadows], France, 2014, 28 min.
L’Aquarium et la Nation [The Aquarium and the Nation], France, 2015, 31 min. 18 sec.
Où en êtes-vous, Jean-Marie Straub? [Where are you, Jean-Marie Straub?], France, 2016, 9 min.
SAT 25.5. Birkbeck Cinema
10am—5pm
Films/Documents:
Hommage à Vernon, 1986, 10 min.
Black Sin – Shooting around the Etna by William Lubtchansky, 1988, 120 min.
Pour Renato, Italy / France, 2015, 8 min.
Verteidigung der Zeit [In Defense of Time] by Peter Nestler, 2007, 27 min.
[Please check for updates on this programme, other films to be announced]
Wed 29.5. Close-Up
8.15pm
Nicht versöhnt, oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht [Not Reconciled, or Only Violence Helps Where Violence Rules], West Germany, 1964/65, 52 min.
Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene [Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene’], West Germany, 1972, 15 min.
SAT 1.6. Goethe-Institut
2.30pm
‘The Aesthetics of Equal Distribution’
Workshop by Ute Holl preceded by
Moses und Aron [Moses and Aaron], Austria/West Germany/France/Italy, 1974, 105 min.
For detailed information and updates please check:
www.goethe.de/uk
As well as the websites of the different venues:
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp
https://www.ica.art/
https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/
https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/
