About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

1975
30m
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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.

Status: Released

Language: DE

Production Information

Production Companies
WDR
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

documentary short

Quick Facts

Original Title Telekritik zu: The Song of Ceylon
Release Date October 7, 1975
Status Released
Language DE
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Cast

Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki

(voice)

Key Crew

Harun Farocki
Writer
Harun Farocki
Director