Alison,
Kiefer is the deepest voice for a generation but also it is like you say
about mourning without knowing why. He takes art to the spiritual (i have
grown to really dislike this word but i can't think of another). A mystery
always lingers.
Have you seen "The White Ribbon" by Haeneke? I see him as a hero in the same
sense. A pure artist whose mission rises above any other consideration. The
cinematography is as beautiful as even Tarkovsky's (this is a hard thing to
say--it is taking a leap but I can't put him any lower than that). More
amazing is the story. The subtle yet certain view of causes of fascism. xB
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Bobbi - much appreciated! The first piece I ever saw of
> Kiefer's was Women of the Revolution, an amazing installation. Instant
> mourning without knowing why. So much of the troubledness of
> post-fascist Germany in his work. xA
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM, bobbi lurie <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Alison, brava!
> > This paragraph below excited me. I love Anselm Kiefer and Paul Celan is
> my
> > favorite poet. Tarkovsky is amazing--you are so right in calling his work
> > poetry--he does something with imagery which transcends solidity--the
> > ephemeral of poetry. Kiefer used Celan's "Todesfuge" which was the bane
> of
> > Celan's life as a poet.
> > I love your piece--bobbi.
> >
> > I suppose it's no accident that the artists who most profoundly affect me
> > are inspired by poetry: Kiefer, for example, has made many works inspired
> by
> > the poetry of Paul Celan. Tarkovsky's films are full of poems, mostly
> > written by his father, Arseny Tarkosvky: Stalkercontains two, by Arseny
> > Tarkovsky and Fyodor Tyutchev. Poetry influences the hypnotic rhythms of
> > Tarkovsky's editing and the composition of his image-making, which draws
> > from the imagism of Japanese poems. But these aesthetic decisions are
> merely
> > symptoms of his real concern, which is to dare to risk the raw matter of
> > poetry itself.
> >
> > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> By chance a a commenter reminded me today of this essay on Tarkovsky's
> >> Stalker, in which I discuss, among other things, a particular
> >> influence of poetry on film. Given recent discussions, it might
> >> interest some of you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/2007/09/tarkovskys-stalker-poet-in-destitute.html
> >>
> >> xA
> >>
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> >
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