Zoom (feature film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | zoom |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Otto Alexander Jahrreiss |
| script | Otto Alexander Jahrreiss, Markus Hoffmann |
| production | Michael Schwarz, Otto Alexander Jahrreiss |
| music |
Martin Todsharow , Till Brönner |
| camera | Hannes Hubach |
| cut | Behruz Torbati |
| occupation | |
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Zoom is a German feature film by Otto Alexander Jahrreiss from 2000, produced by VEGA FILM, Berlin. In Germany, the film premiered on February 8, 2001 at the Berlin International Film Festival ; the world premiere took place in August 2000 at the Montreal World Film Festival . The film won awards at several international film festivals.
action
The young Romanian Wanda works as a call girl. Little did she suspect that her unemployed neighbor Waller regularly followed her with a camera and then blackmailed the suitors with the compromising videos. The money he receives from them he throws anonymously into Wanda's mailbox. One day, Waller and Wanda meet by chance in the hallway. Waller tries to get closer to Wanda, but she rejects him and explains that her life is none of his business. Waller remains stubborn and learns that Wanda's husband is holding their son as pledge and thus forcing them into prostitution. Driven by his love for her, he frees Wanda from the milieu and takes her on one last tour to see her former suitors.
Film technique and creation
The type of post-production, in which a film rotated on 35mm negative is digitized and then light-determined and processed, was used for the first time in Europe at Zoom in 2000 and is standard everywhere today. The reason for this lay in the many night scenes that Jahrreiss had planned to be unusually dark in order to underline the claustrophobic mood of the film. The laboratory tests carried out for this with conventional technology were not convincing, so Jahrreiss and producer Michael Schwarz decided to take the risk of a previously untried image processing. Zoom was completed as a pilot project in cooperation with DigiSiteAg in Munich. For this purpose, the computer performance had to be upgraded in a previously unknown way in order to process the extremely large amounts of data in the film. A special aesthetic feature of the film was that recordings made with a digital camera had to be integrated into the film in a convincing manner. The neon green cast, on the other hand, which gives the film its special colourfulness, was already applied during the shooting, according to Jahrreiss and cameraman Hubach, and characterizes the loneliness of the main characters.
music
The music comes from the film composer Martin Todsharow, who together with the trumpeter Till Brönner created an unusual soundtrack of sound collages, jazz and minimal music.
Press quotes
German-language press
In the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Anke Sterneborg describes how the film develops "a relaxed serenity, a beautiful view of the cool urban climate in Berlin". Waller's “initially pragmatic view of this beautiful woman from Romania becomes more and more sensitive [...]. In this way, the bleak realism of the everyday unemployed and whores becomes a fairy tale ”and“ the imagination triumphs over reality ”.
For the film echo it is gratifying that “with ZOOM, German cinema has finally produced another film that is absolutely worth seeing, which tells a love story in impressive pictures and without big words.”
The Berliner Morgenpost praises the “stylish staging” and the “delicate coolness” of the main actor Florian Lukas.
In the Berliner Zeitung , Philip Beste praises the fact that the film skilfully avoids the clichés that would appear in the film, "the humor in the production undermines the clichés".
International press
In Variety , Derek Elley describes the "dark, often creepy tragicomedy" as a "touching, bizarre love story", "as if made to be seen on a big screen" and "atmospherically accompanied by breathy, jazz-like music". He praises the performance of the main actors Solomon and Lukas: "With the appearance of a mixture between Peter Lorre in 'M' and a refugee from an early David Lynch film, Lukas cleverly balances the two sides of Thomas' personality" and "Wanda, played convincingly by Solomon".
The famous US film critic Joel E. Siegel praises the fact that ZOOM combines elements from Vertigo, Peeping Tom and Bonnie and Clyde into a “compelling film with a distinctive visual style”. "Packed full of narrative and formal surprises, ZOOM is one of the revelations of this year's film festival."
Awards (excerpt)
Ourense Independent Film Festival 2001:
- Award Best Film (Zoom)
- Best Director award (Otto Alexander Jahrreiss)
- Award Best Cinematography (Hannes Hubach)
- Award Best Actor (Florian Lukas)
SOTCHI International Film Festival 2001:
- Award Best Actor (Florian Lukas)
Web links
Zoom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joel E. Siegel: Persistence of Vision, Washington City Paper, April 20, 2001, accessed April 6, 2019
- ↑ Anke Sterneborg: The Word Behind the Pictures, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 10, 2001, accessed on April 6, 2019
- ↑ New Tristesse: Berlin Films in the Panorama, Berliner Morgenpost, February 8, 2001, accessed on April 6, 2019
- ↑ Philip Beste: Panorama / Caution Trap, Berliner Zeitung, February 8, 2001, accessed on April 6, 2019
- ↑ Derek Elley: Zoom, Variety, October 9, 2000, accessed April 8, 2019