Category: English
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At the Edge of Fassbinder
What can the neglected parts of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s œuvre – his radio plays and his theater films made for television – tell us about his work? […]
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Not Only Shadows: A Conversation on Maurice & Jacques Tourneur
In May the Austrian Film Museum aimed to listen for consonance between the two oeuvres of Jacques Tourneur and his father Maurice Tourneur. The season’s curator, Christoph Huber, sat down with Patrick Holzapfel to discuss the relations between father and son. […]
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The Mandarin – A Zeitgeist
“Der Mandarin” was released in at least six of Vienna’s inner city cinemas simultaneously, with multiple screenings a day, adding up to approximately 2600 seats. Most advertisements focused on the film’s cast. […]
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Eye to Eye with Eve Heller
Eve Heller studied under Brakhage and talks about her experience with him somewhere between admiration, inspiration and necessary emancipation. […]
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Calling the Roll: A Dialogue About the Neglected History of Assistant Directors
Taking our retrospective of the films of Mario Monicelli as a starting point, Christoph Huber and Patrick Holzapfel discuss the neglected history of assistant directors in cinema. […]
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Eye to Eye with Lizzie Borden
During our retrospective Christoph Huber sat down with Lizzie Borden in our offices. He asked about her approach and her films and we are very happy to share this conversation with you. […]
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The Means of Imagining: Quotes from “The Magic Lantern“ by Ingmar Bergman
Some quotes from “The Magic Lantern” by Ingmar Bergman. About dreams, nightmares, memories and cinema. Our current retrospective runs until February 8, 2018. […]
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Discovery Never Ends: A Talk with Naum Kleiman and Artiom Sopin
On the day the joint retrospective of the Austrian Film Museum and the Viennale started Patrick Holzapfel sat down with curators Naum Kleiman and Artiom Sopin to discuss their curatorial approach and some highlights of the retrospective. […]
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The Siodmak Variations
Famous for his great film noir work in Hollywood, Robert Siodmak may be the most intriguing of the many exile filmmakers who fled from the Nazi regime and established a career in the US. Our recent Weimar retrospective showcased some examples of his astonishing early work in Germany–one official classic,… […]
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Donkeys in Cinema (2): Poe, Fellini, Stamp and a Donkey
I am not a big fan of Federico Fellini, but I have to admit his episode from the Edgar Allen Poe omnibus “Histoires extraordinaires” (1968) is truly extraordinary. Probably because his penchant for the grotesque does not seem misplaced in the world of horror fantasy (replete with Mario Bava quote).… […]
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Walsh – Godard – Parrish – Rossen – Walsh
As our Godard retrospective opens, it’s time to consider the fact–Godard would surely agree–that everyone is (or should be) indebted to Raoul Walsh. […]
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Potemkin Reborn (with Sound)
Over a decade in the making, the German synchronized sound version of “Battleship Potemkin” shows at the Film Museum. With composer Edmund Meisel’s truly striking score wedded to the images, this “Viennese Version” is an entirely new experience. […]