Who is Oda Jaune?
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Who is Oda Jaune? |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language |
German , French |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kamilla pepper |
| script | Kamilla pepper |
| production |
Christian Beetz , Kamilla Pfeffer, Academy of Media Arts Cologne |
| camera | Magdalena Hutter |
| cut |
Rune Schweitzer , Stefanie Kosik |
| occupation | |
Who is Oda Jaune? is a documentary about the German-Bulgarian painter who lives in Paris - and the first full-length film by the German director Kamilla Pfeffer .
The 75-minute film premiered on February 14, 2016 as part of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section ). Four months later, in June 2016, the film (distributed by Real Fiction Filmverleih ) started in selected German cinemas. In December of the same year he was finally pre-selected for the German Film Prize 2017.
Summary
Fascinated (and sometimes irritated) by Oda Jaune's painting - “she paints overgrown, mutilated people, naked people without gender, heads without faces, disturbing pictures, and she paints people in happiness, people in paradise, people who can fly, delicate pictures “- the director attempts a cinematic approach.
Together with camerawoman Magdalena Hutter , she meets the artist in her Paris studio and observes her painting figurative motifs. But it soon becomes clear that the film team is disrupting the creative process and that Oda Jaune can hardly work in front of the camera.
So it is important to find detours and ways out in order to get closer to the personality of the painter and her work: “An unusual question-answer game - based on the famous Proust questionnaire - is just as much a part of it as visiting people who are interested in Addressing Oda Jaunes' images. Including: actor Lars Eidinger , director Thomas Ostermeier and painter colleague Jonathan Meese . "
What the film finally brings to light is described in the 2016 Berlinale catalog as follows: “Evidence of a complicated mutual rapprochement. During the joint work scruples, withdrawal and refusal of the protagonist repeatedly. And careful maneuvers on the part of the filmmaker to make something of the fragile act of painting Oda Jaune visible without damaging it or just illustrating it cheaply. "
Reviews
"One would like more cautious artist films like this one."
“... it should have taken two years until the painter, whose images oscillate between Francis Bacon and Neo Rauch, was ready for this film. But the efforts of the director [...] were worth it: Seldom does an artist portraits create such an intimate atmosphere. "
"The fascination of the film lies in the stark contrast between the drastic physicality of the works and the ethereal nature of the painter."
“A film that is as quiet but impressive as the sitter herself. But, like the protagonist, it reverberates loudly in the audience. What more can you expect from art, from a film? "
Web links
- Who is Oda Jaune? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Who is Oda Jaune? in the online film database
- Film distribution website
- Official website of the artist
- Press material for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Film synopsis for "Who is Oda Jaune?" In: realfictionfilme.de. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Film data sheet for “Who is Oda Jaune?” (PDF) In: Catalog of the Berlinale 2016. Accessed on September 6, 2016 .
- ^ Film review. In: monopol-magazin.de. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
- ^ Film review. In: zitty.de. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
- ^ Film review. In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
- ^ Film review. In: deutschlandradiokultur.de. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .