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Berlin-Cinéma

Screening on Film
Directed by Samira Gloor-Fadel.
With Wim Wenders, Jean Nouvel.
Switzerland/France, 1999, 35mm, color and b&w, 107 min.
French and German with English subtitles.

This engaging nonfiction work focuses, as its title suggests, on two subjects: the meaning of cinema and the changing cityscape of Berlin. The former is addressed offscreen by the voice-over musings of Jean-Luc Godard and onscreen by the no less evocative reflections of German director Wim Wenders, who takes us on a stroll as the city of Berlin comes into intellectual focus. The French architect Jean Nouvel assists by tracing construction sites of future buildings, while Godard is heard probing the relation between German and European histories. With grace and assurance, Berlin-Cinéma addresses the ongoing social and formal dialogue between architecture and the cinema.

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