Rendez-vous in the zoo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Rendez-vous in the zoo |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christoph Schaub |
| script | Christoph Schaub |
| production |
Alfi Sinniger , Peter Baumann |
| music | Michel Seigner |
| camera | Ciro Cappellari |
| cut | Fee Liechti |
Rendez-vous im Zoo is a Swiss documentary film directed by Christoph Schaub from 1995 .
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The documentary shows the history of the zoo and illuminates the encounter between the wild animal and the person who goes to the zoo. Rendez-vous in the zoo is a journey from the bars of the 18th and 19th centuries to the 20th century. The film takes you from Basel to the colonial past of the zoos in Hamburg and Berlin, to Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries, into the 20th century to the desert complexes of Arnhem and the future of the jungle in the Bronx Zoo .
Reviews
"Christoph Schaub's documentary is about projections: ideas and thoughts that the zoo directors project onto the zoo visitors and these in turn onto the animals."
“A surprisingly light-handed work that knew how to lead its subject wisely and without any serious reflection ballast in the distance and also in depth. On the one hand, the film attempts a short cultural history of the zoological garden and, on the other hand, recognizes in this institution one of the essential interfaces in the relationship between humans and animals. And he by no means withholds the grief that grips us when we give an account of what we do in our fascination with all efforts for his well-being, the animal, its beauty and strength. "
“Curiosity is the central theme in Schaub's film - also in its inversion. (...) The frame retained by the camera, the limited view through the car or train funnel at the passing animals thematize the eyes of the filmmaker, referring explicitly and repeatedly to the cinematic frame. And thus closes the arc with the reference to another curiosity: the cinephile in the cinema. "
"Smart, professional and exciting."
Web links
- Rendez-vous at the zoo in the Internet Movie Database (English)