A long take from a basement window onto the street. Slow fading in and out of the Brüderstrae in Hamburg (where Nekes lives). A take looking from a girl's belly onto her legs and her dress. Then vagina and penis, how they complement each other. The 60 minute film is silent. The screen, as in earlier Nekes films, turns into the canvas of a painter. One is not looking into an im...
Heiligabend auf St. Pauli“ ist das kondensierte Portrt einer zehnstündigen Nacht in einer Hamburger Hafenkneipe. Fernfahrer, Prostituierte, Polizisten, ein Fuballtrainer und ein Amateurboxer versuchen, dem Weihnachtsfest durch Alleinsein, Alkohol oder Sex zu entkommen. Wildenhahns Kamera erlaubt sich viele unkontrollierte Momente, kühne Schwenks und Unschrfen – und beweist...
Filmed at an anti-war march from Harlem to the United Nations in 1967 on the occasion of Martin Luther King's speech at the U.N in which he questioned the disproportionate percentage of black soldiers in combat in Vietnam. The title is a quote misattributed to Mohammed Ali on why he refused to serve in the war. Four hundred thousand people participated in demonstrations ion New...