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In the Beginning Was the Eye

Forum of Independents - Competition 2003 / Im Anfang war der Blick / Austria, Luxembourg 2003

A portrait of Austria as if created by Jan Švankmajer and David Lynch, and inspired by The Cabinet of Dr Caligari.  

In the Beginning Was the Eye

Synopsis

Imagine a portrait of Austria created by Jan Švankmajer and David Lynch, inspired by The Cabinet of Dr Caligari: this will give you an idea of Bady Minck’s experimental film In v cthe Beginning Was the Eye. Austria seen through the images depicted on old postcards of the landscapes around Erzberg and Salzburg becomes something akin to both dream and nightmare.

About the film

45 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Bady Minck / Screenplay Bady Minck / Dir. of Photography Jerzy Palacz, Martin Putz, Martin Gschlach / Music Bernhard Fleischmann, Dr Nachtstrom, Sainkho, Namtchylak, Attwenger / Editor Frédéric Fichefet, Anne Schroeder / Producer Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu / Production Minotaurus Film, Amour Fou Filmproduktion Gmbh / Cast Bodo Hell / Contact AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH, sixpackfilm

About the director

Bady Minck

Bady Minck was born in Luxembourg and studied sculpture and experimental film in Vienna. Her work crosses the border between various artistic disciplines and is presented in movie theatres, at film festivals, in museums, galleries, public spaces and on the Web. Her production company also produces films by other directors, such as Virgil Widrich’s short Fast Film (2003), also being screened at the festival. 

Contacts

AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
Lindengasse 32, A-1070, Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 1 994 991 10
Fax: +43 1 994 991 120
E-mail: [email protected]

sixpackfilm
Neubaugasse 45/13, 1070, Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 152 609 900
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Bady Minck

Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Producer

Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Production Company

Anne Laurent-Delage
Film Institution Rep.

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