About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
Overview
Song of Ceylon was commissioned for the short-lived German TV-series Telekritik and broadcasted in 1975. In Telekritik documentary approaches were analysed and made available for a critique of contemporary TV, its aesthetics and modes of production. Other authors for the series include Hartmut Bitomsky, Rainer Gansera and Klaus Wildenhahn.In the 30-minute movie, Farocki shows and comments on excerpts from the film Song of Ceylon by Basil Wright (and a short segment of Eisenstein's Mexico-fragments). Farocki's voice-over describes part of the movie, focussing on details and montage. He also uses didactic and descriptive drawings and intertitles to confront the classic documentary and its stylistic approaches with contemporary TV.
About About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975)
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright (1975) is a documentary movie produced by WDR in Germany. It was directed by Harun Farocki and written by Harun Farocki. On screen you will see Harun Farocki. With a runtime of 30m, the film is available in full HD.
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