老人住在何处

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  • Since1920artist,photographer,andfilmmakerEllaBergm… Since1920artist,photographer,andfilmmakerEllaBergmann-Michellivedandworkedatthe"Schmelz",anoldpaintmillnearFrankfurtonMain.WithguestssuchasKurtSchwittersandLászlóMoholy-Nagythehousebecameanimportantlocaleformodernartists.Between1931and1933shemadefivedocumentaryfilmsthatconstitutearareexampleofsociallyinvolvedandequallyartisticfilm.TheDVDcontainsthesefivefilms,adocumentaryfilmabouttheartistandacomprehensivebookletwithessaysonEllaBergmann-Michel'sfilms. Inaculturalunion"bunddasneuefrankfurt"(alliancethenewfrankfurt),withajournalbythesamename,therehadalsobeen,amongothergroups,onefoundedforthedistributionandcreationofgoodfilm.Itwasjoinedtothe"LigafürunabhängigenFilm"(leagueofindependentfilm).Thereweretobecriticallecturesandtheproductionofourowninformativefilms.Thisgroupwasledbythreepeople,oneofthemwasI. OnedaythearchitectMartStamproposedtometomakeafilmontheBudge-homefortheagedbuiltbyhim,MoserandKramer.UnfortunatelyIwasnotinthepossessionofacameraofmyown.Therewasaphotographerwhohadacamerawithahandcrank.BasedonascriptwrittenbymeandMartStamIdirectedthefilm.Thisbuildinghadlightandsuninlargepleasantrooms.Ithadbeenfinishedin1929andwas,toFrankfurtstandards,verymodernofferingallamenitiestooldpeople.Thusthehomefortheagedwasfilmedandthewellbeingoftheoldwasshown.Thegroundplanofthebuildingaswellasthevariabilityofsomeroomswasanimatedthroughspecialeffectsusingdrawings.Afterthefirstshowingintheprogramofamatineeatthe"bunddasneuefrankfurt"alongwiththefilmsDieneueWohnung(TheNewApartment)byHansRichterandAbbruchundAufbau(TearingDownandBuildingUp)byWilfriedBassetheFrankfurterZeitungobservedatthetimethatithadbeenasuccessfuldemonstrationofculturalfilm.CinemasinFrankfurtandBerlintookoverthefilmasasupportingfeature.Filmdistributorwasthe"bunddasneuefrankfurt".Germanandforeignconstructioncompaniesboughtcopies. BychanceIwasabletobuythe35mmhandheldKinamo,acamerarecommendedbyJorisIvens.HehadmadehisfilmRegen(Rain)andpartsofhisZuiderseefilmwithsuchaso-calledmovingcamera.Inspringof1932the"VereinderFrankfurterErwerbslosen-Küchen"(UnionoftheFrankfurtunemployedkitchens)hadcontactedsomefilmcompaniesaskingforashortcommercial.TheFrankfurterVolksstimmewroteaboutthisinSeptember1932:"Itisinterestingthatlargefilmcompaniesrefusedproducingsuchafilmasthatofthekitchensoftheunemployedarguingthateventhecostsforthelightingequipmentwouldbetoohigh.FrauBergmann-Michelforthatreasonhadtomakethefilmonherowninspiteofgreatdifficultiesandwiththesmallestbudget.Theoftenproclaimeddeadavant-gardeoffilmthatworkshereinFrankfurtinthefilmleaguethatisjoinedtothe'bunddasneuefrankfurt'hasprovenonceagainwithitssolutionforthetaskathanditsrighttoexist."Withthree1000WbulbsinmybackpackandthelittleKinamo(whosefilmnegativesIinsertedintocassettesindarkbasementsorphotoshops)Ihadmadeit.Footage-theproductofobservationsin28kitchenswhereunemployedhandedout10.000litersoffoodtounemployed-servedasbasisforthecommercial'sthemewhosetaskitwastocommunicateconvincinglytherequestformoredonations.Thefilmranassupportingfeatureincinemasandasanopen-airfilmatnightattheHauptwacheunderneaththeSchillermonumentthere.Ticketsalesweremorethan600Reichsmarkspernight. BoldlyIwentaboutthethirdandfourthfilmwithmyownideas.Adocumentaryreportaboutthe"FliegendeHändler"(TravellingHawkers)duringthetimeoftheunemploymentsuggestedthesubject.Withthe35mmhandheldcameraonecouldunseenfilminsquaresandstreetsthehawkers,someofthemwithsensationalistpromotionalactsandotherswhotriedhardtoavoidobservationbypolicemen,forthewaresweretobesoldwithoutpermission.Thefinalsequencesweredevotedtothevendorswithperformancesatthewholesalemarket'sfairgrounds.TherethepoliticalpolicewasalreadywatchingmeandIwasgladtobeabletocarrymyfilmcassetteshomeuntouched.Thefourthfilm-alyricallandscapetheme-SpazierganginderRhön(AWalkintheRhön)wasofinteresttomemostlyforthefishingthathadbeentheimpetusforthewalkonwhichImanagedtocatchwithmycamerathetroutjumpingintheriveratdusk. Thelastfilmremainedafragment.Therewereshotsofelectionposters,oflivelystreetdiscussions,oftypesofmembersofeachparty.TheFrankfurtstreetsandalleysweredocumented,alreadyadornedwiththeswastikaflagsandhammerandsickleaswellaswiththewell-knownflagwiththethreearrows.ThenIhadtostopfilmingforpoliticalreasons.(Filmstrips,photosandreportswerepublishedinthenexttolastnumber10,volume6,ofthejournal"dieneuestadt","bunddasneuefrankfurt".)ItwasJanuary1933.- Allmyshortfilmsaresilentfilms.Thehome-for-the-agedfilmandtheunemployed-filmhaveintertitles.Languageinshortfilminthoseyearswassubstitutedbycameraanglesandmovements,cutandmontageanalogoustothosesilentdocumentaryfilmsofthe"LigafürunabhängigenFilm"inthematineesofthe"bunddasneuefrankfurt":MarseillebyMoholy-Nagy,Regen(Rain)byJorisIvens,Deutschlandfilm(Germanyfilm)byBasse,Nanuk(NanookoftheNorth)byFlaherty,Eiffelturm(Eiffel-tower)byRenéClair.