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1963-68 Early Interviews Lutz Mommartz
About this film
MR. MOMMARTZ, PLEAS DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO CINEMA? I rarely go to the cinema. I do not like Western, nor problem movies or comedies. Sometimes, out of curiosity I enter a movie theater, but then very carefully. Sometimes I'm even excited, but then I do not have an explanation. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE "JUNGE DEUTSCHE FILM"? They are old-young, they did not understand anything. HOW DID YOU STARTED? I never wanted to become a filmmaker. In 1963 I was six weeks Uganda. As an 8-mm camera was around and because it is incredibly boring in Africa, filming could not be so bad. I recorded everything that is not typical for Africa. This has satisfied me deeply. For example I filmed a tablecloth hanging in the wind, long and full frame. For a few moments the wonderful landscape could be seen behind it - in color. This material unfortunately got lost. So I will give up filming only when I will have had recorded such a beautiful setting again. DID YOU MADE MORE 8MM FILMS? Yes, with friends and acquaintances as a game about behavioral control - without film ambitions. Besides, I thought about the possibility to construct a film by stringing together chosen example situations from th…
Directors & creators
Lutz Mommartz
Subjects
Lutz Mommartz; German experimental Cinema