简介：Deutschisnotonlyamastersleuthinthefilmarchiveslookingforexciting,challengingandamazingoldimages,he'salsoamasterinthesubtlecompositionofhisfindsintonewfilmstories.Amusical,visualfeastoflonglostimages.Shouldn'tbeleftoutofanytopten. Thefilmisbuiltupentirelyfromwhatisusuallyknownasfoundfootage:fragmentsfromolderfilmsthathavepartlybeenlost.Inthiscase,veryoldfilms.Foundfootageisnotreallytherighttermhere,though.WhileGustavDeutschhasdevelopedintoamasterinthegenre-andclearlyrevealsthatthisfilmisamasterpiece-hedidn'tjustfindhismaterial.Hesearchedthroughdozensofarchivesmeticulouslyandatlength(includingtheFilmmuseuminAmsterdam)andonlystoppedsearchingwhenhehadseenwhatheprobablyalreadyhadinmind. Thetitleisborrowedfromthefilmmakerwhohasmadethemostquotablestatementsofall:Jean-LucGodard.'Allyouneedtomakeamovieisagirlandagun.'Hewasofcoursealsoreferringtoacommercialcinemathatindeedhadnothingmoretoofferthangirlsandguns.AsalwaysinthecaseofGodard,hewasbeingbothseriousandironic.That'swhyhe'ssogoodtoquote.Deutschshowsthatthegirl&gunmechanismwasalreadyactiveintheveryearliestdaysofcinema.Andbyembeddingtheimagesinmanyolder,mythicalstoriesandstatements:theGodardsofancientGreece,suchasPlatoandSappho.Butthefilmisprimarilyamusicalandvisualfeastofamazingandbeautifulimages.(GjZ) FROMIFFR09…