Wed, 22.02.2017 6:15 PM
THE CRAFT OF FILM: COSTUME DESIGN:
Amour Fou (12A) + ScreenTalk with Tanja Hausner
Loosely based on the double suicide of poet and playwright Heinrich von Kleist and his friend Henriette Vogel in 1812, Jessica Hausner’s unique take on the romantic comedy speculates about what may have come before such a passionate act. Was it not because of a ‘mad love’, but rather the result of banal misconceptions about oneself and the other?
With bemusement and sympathy, the film observes its protagonists in the context of the Prussian upper class and its stiff ritualistic gatherings. These are rendered as carefully composed tableaus, in which the colours and patterns of Tanja Hausner’s costumes are carefully matched with the interior decoration of the rooms to underline the film’s aim at creating an ironic distance to its story and the period film genre.
We are very pleased to welcome costumer designer Tanja Hausner to talk after the screening about her work on this film.
Austria 2014, colour, 94 mins. Directed by Jessica Hausner.
Part of “The Craft of Film”, a series of screenings of outstanding European films, ScreenTalks and masterclasses to explore what it takes to make a film.
See full programme here: http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?ID=1625
In collaboration with, and organised by EUNIC London and the Goethe-Institut London. In association with the London Film School. Supported by European Commission Representation in the UK and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
ABOUT TANJA HAUSNER
Born in Vienna in 1943, Tanja Hausner trained in industrial, fashion, costume and stage design at various design schools and through learning on-the-job experiences, as for example during an internship with Vivienne Westwood in 1996.
Since the mid-90s, Hausner has created costume designs for theatre and opera productions, with film becoming increasingly important in the 2000s. Apart from designing the costumes for the films directed by her sister Jessica Hausner, including Lovely Rita (2001), Hotel (2004), Lourdes (2009) and Amour Fou (2014), she has also provided the costumes for Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy (2012–2013) and most recently for Stille Reserven by Valentin Hitz and Kater by Klaus Händl (both 2016). For her designs for Der Fall Wilhelm Reich by Antonin Svoboda (2012) and Amour Fou, she was nominated for the Austrian Film Award.
VENUE
Cinema 2, Barbican Centre
Silk Street
EC2Y 8DS London
Price: From £5
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