UW Cinematheque - Premiere Showcase
Casting | Germany | 2017 | DCP | 91 min. | German with English subtitles Director: Nicolas Wackerbarth
Event Details
Date
Friday, September 28, 2018
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Judith Engel, Andreas Lust, Milena Dreissic
While casting for a television remake (with partial gender reversal) of Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, director Vera (Engel) coolly plays emotional games with her potential female leads and, in particular, with actor Gerwin (Lust). Invoking other great films about the filmmaking process including Truffaut’s Day for Night and Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore.
While casting for a television remake (with partial gender reversal) of Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, director Vera (Engel) coolly plays emotional games with her potential female leads and, in particular, with actor Gerwin (Lust). Invoking other great films about the filmmaking process including Truffaut’s Day for Night and Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore.
Cost
Free
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