Thomas, Thomas
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| Original title | Thomas, Thomas |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 14 minutes |
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| Director | Corinna Liedtke |
| script | Corinna Liedtke Peter Schüttemeyer |
| production | Melanie Andernach |
| music | Roland Meyer de Voltaire , Christoph Schneider |
| camera | Peter Schüttemeyer |
| cut | Monika Pirch |
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Thomas, Thomas is a multi-award-winning mockumentary by Corinna Liedtke , which was created as part of the episode film Zeche is nich - Seven Views of the Ruhr Area 2010 .
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Wolfgang Weber, a somewhat unworldly man in his mid-thirties, son and grandson of miners, is a bookworm and city archivist in Castrop-Rauxel . He knows how to combine his two passions, the biography of the Irish mining pioneer William Thomas Mulvany and Indian culture, in an unusual way: Wolfgang Weber tries through intensive research to prove that a doctor who is known to him and who works in Castrop-Rauxel, founder and operator of a Ayurveda and medical center called Thomas Vallomtharayil the reborn Mulvany. To do this, he even travels to the Sri Kamadchi Ampal temple in Hamm-Uentrop to get spiritual support. The film leaves open whether the story is documentary or fiction.
Reviews
“The film moves between past and present, between fiction and reality. The industrial revolution and post-industrial health consciousness are connected in an absurd way. In an entertaining way, the media's piety of the passive viewer is put to the test and subliminal criticism of past and current social conditions is made. "
“Corinna Liedtke managed to leave the jury both delighted and confused at the same time. Even the selection committee was probably not entirely sure how this short film could be classified and is offering it in the festival catalog under 'Other'.
The jury has decided to see the fake documentary as a feature film. This was all the easier for her as the actor of Wolfgang Weber, city archivist in Castrop-Rauxel, acts so convincingly and invitingly for identification that one would be willing to take even more improbable hypotheses from him. "
"A film of the past and present reality of the Ruhr area into an unbelievable story, credibly and playfully developed, carried by the friendly and convincing main actors."
“And when in Thomas, Thomas a hard-working city archivist from Castrop-Rauxel suddenly discovers that the head of the Ayurveda Center Thomas Vallomtharayil is the reincarnation of the industrial pioneer Thomas Mulvany, then one would simply want to believe this idea. And so it's really just a question of your own attitude, what you ultimately want to see as real. "
Awards
- 2010: Special Mention for Thomas, Thomas at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
- 2010: Best feature film award for Thomas, Thomas at the 10th edition of the Flensburg Short Film Festival
- 2010: Jury award nomination in the festival series Competition NRW at the European Short Film Festival Cologne unlimited for Thomas, Thomas
- 2010: Jury Prize in the Best Film category at the La.Meko Film Festival Landau
- 2011: Winner of the Team Work Award at the Stuttgart Film Winter
useful information
- While the film was being made, press articles appeared that reported, among other things, on Wolfgang Weber as a real figure.
- In another research with the title Wolfgang Weber - A New Case , Wolfgang Weber deals with the Castrop-Rauxeler market square, where an unusually high number of accidents occur.
- The teaser Wolfgang Weber - New Cases from Castrop-Rauxel shows the archivist's new research.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ayurveda: The gate to India is open. In: Ruhr news . March 11, 2009, accessed September 21, 2009 .
- ↑ Official website of the Kerala Ayurveda Health Center in Castrop-Rauxel, founded by Thomas Vallomtharayil
- ^ Prize winners 2010. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 1, 2011 ; Retrieved November 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Winner of the 10th Flensburg Short Film Festival. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 30, 2010 ; Retrieved November 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jury statements. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; Retrieved January 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ How it really was. In: cut . April 17, 2011, accessed April 18, 2011 .
- ^ Finale of the 27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. In: Nordhessische Neue Zeitung . November 15, 2010, accessed November 15, 2010 .
- ↑ Coffee, butts, kebab cuisine. (No longer available online.) In: Flensburger Tageblatt . November 15, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 15, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Competition NRW 1. (No longer available online.) In: European Short Film Festival Cologne unlimited . Archived from the original on November 5, 2010 ; Retrieved December 5, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ And these are our lucky winners! (No longer available online.) In: La.Meko Filmfestival Landau . Archived from the original on February 16, 2011 ; Retrieved December 6, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jury statements. (No longer available online.) In: Wand 5 . Archived from the original on January 9, 2011 ; Retrieved January 24, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The immortal Thomas. ( PDF ) (No longer available online.) In: Westfälischer Anzeiger . Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 6, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Reincarnation in Castrop. In: Derwesten.de . Retrieved December 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Weber - A new case at Vimeo
- ↑ IMDb entry on Wolfgang Weber - A new case
- ^ Wolfgang Weber - New cases from Castrop-Rauxel at Vimeo
- ^ IMDb entry on Wolfgang Weber - New cases from Castrop-Rauxel
Web links
- Thomas, Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Thomas, Thomas at Vimeo
- Thomas, Thomas on Youtube