Über »Song of Ceylon« von Basil Wright was comissioned for the short-lived German TV-series »Telekritik« and broadcasted in 1975. In »Telekritik« documentary approaches were analyzed and made available for a critique of contemporary TV, its aesthetics and modes of production. Other authors for the series include Hartmut Bitomsky, Rainer Gansera and Klaus Wildenhahn.
In the 30-minute movie Farocki shows and comments on excerpts from the film »Song of Ceylon« by Basil Wright (and a short segment of Eisenstein's Mexico-fragments). Farocki's voice-over describes part of the movie, focussing on details and montage. He also uses didactic and descriptive drawings and intertitles to confront the classic documentary and its stylistic approaches with contemporary TV.
The rip's source for this quite rare early Farocki (which isn't even listed on imdb) is unknown. It's probably a Beta-tape. The quality is very good.
Here's a link to Harun Farocki's website. http://farocki-film.de/
Cast and format
Director, scriptwriter: Harun Farocki
Editor: Marianne Müller-Kratsch
Narrator: Harun Farocki
Production: WDR, Köln
Executive producer: Kurt Zeimert
Format: 16mm, b/w, 1:1,37
First broadcast: 07.10.1975, West 3
Quotations from films: Song of Ceylon (Basil Wright, GB, 1934)
Note: commissioned for the TV series »Telekritik«
http://www.filesonic.com/file/670064901/Harun.Farocki.Telekritik.The.Song.of.Ceylon.1975.avi
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