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November 11 , 2009
Holozän: DVD now available
Holozän, the film co-directed by Manfred Eicher and Heinz Bütler in 1992, has been issued as a DVD by book publishers Suhrkamp in Germany.
This film adaptation of Max Frisch’s 1979 novella Man In The Holocene – a book described by the York Times as “a luminous parable, a masterpiece” - was awarded the Special Prize of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival.
In a mountain village in Ticino, cut off from the rest of the world, an old man takes a stand against forgetfulness. Herr Geisser cuts out articles on paleontology and geolology and more, and pins clipping after clipping to his walls. In integrating these notes into his narrative, Max Frisch linked the history of humanity with individual decline. With subtle camera movement, elliptic storytelling and editing, and inspired use of music and environmental sound, the film “illuminates the associative and synaesthetic layers of its literary model” (FAZ).
The film stars Erland Josephson and Sophie Duez. Photography is by Giorgos Arvanitis, famed for his work with Theo Angelopoulos and other leading directors. Music, selected by Manfred Eicher, is by Bach, Bartók, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Jarrett, and Garbarek.
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the DVD can be bought at bookshops or via Suhrkamp’s web site; we are offering it also from the ECM web shop. Click here to purchase. (International customers: please note that the DVD is in German, without subtitles. Accompanying booklet, with texts by Wolfgang Sandner and an excerpt from Max Frisch’s Der Mensch erscheint in Holozän, is also in German).
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