简介：MatthiasMüller'sshortisbasedonthepoemstochildhoodbyfamedAustrianlyricalaertistErnstJandlwhotriedtowritethesepoemsinalanguageusedbychildren,includingnurseryrhymesandprayers.Müllerusesfoundfootageandamateurfilmsfromhisownchildhoodtocreateavisualequivalenttothesepoems. MüllertakesupJandl’schallengeoflookingatthingsbackwardsandforwards,andtranslateshisparadoxicallogicintofilmicterms.Hesuccessfullyavoidsthepitfallofstringingtogetherone-to-oneillustrationsofthepoet’simagery.Instead,hehaschosenpersonalassociationsthatarefarmoresubtle. MüllerembedsErnstJandl’selegiaccycle‘poemstochildhood’inanetherealkaleidoscopeofimageswhichmakepastsensationspresent–asiftheyweregentlyawokenfromslumberbythepoet’swords.TheyserveMüllerneitherasillustrationsofthespokenwordnorasinterpretationsofit,butinsteadhintcautiouslyatsomethingin-betweenorbehindit.Theystriketheviewerasfleetingmomentswhichdonotmarkanyparticularstageoflife,butrathercommunicateafeelingoflifebymeansofatmosphericintensity,addingacaptivatingnotetothefeeling,circumscribedinlaconicmelancholy,ofapoetintheeveningofhislife.…