Peter Handke

Felix Winter rientra in Germania dagli Stati Uniti, senza il reportage che doveva realizzare, ma solo con un pacco di foto Polaroid. All'aeroporto si vede affidare la figlia di una sua connazionale, che promette di raggiungerli in patria qualche giorno più tardi. L'uomo e la bambina incominciano così un viaggio (la madre nel frattempo non dà più notizie di sé) alla ricerca della casa della nonna. Intanto la polizia è riuscita a rintracciare la donna. Andata e ritorno dall'America svuotata dal mito e dal sogno, all'Europa teatro di esasperati esistenzialismi.

In un'abitazione con ampio giardino uno scrittore procede nell'estensione di un dialogo tra due personaggi: un uomo e una donna. Costoro prendono vita davanti a lui dicendo le battute che scrive. I due hanno stabilito un patto: a ogni domanda non si potrà rispondere con un semplice si o no ma con ampie argomentazioni e non sarà possibile alcuna azione oltre a quella del parlare. I ricordi, le esperienze nella sfera sessuale, le considerazioni sul senso dell'amore occupano la loro conversazione.

In the sixties, Peter Handke was one of the first to show how the business works: the writer as angry young man and pop star of the literary scene. As soon as he was on the bestseller lists, he turned his back on the hype. For many years, he has lived and worked in his house in a Parisian suburb, more quietly and more hospitably. Peter Handke's precise, free gaze becomes perceptible in his texts, his conversations, the cosmos of his notebooks.

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, composer and other contributors speak at length and in detail about how the award-winning film was devised, cast, filmed, scored and edited.

The early films of Wim Wenders are now regarded as landmarks of European film. Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move and Kings of the Road became foundations of the German New Wave and cemented the reputation of their director. In One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years Marcel Wehn explores the background to these films. Through personal recollection and rare home movie footage, it documents the director's early life, from experiments with his first camera, via his deviation from a career in medicine in favour of art and film, through to international recognition for the Road Trilogy. Central to these were themes that became cornerstones of all his work: national identity, the importance of personal relationships and the allure of the road. With contributions from the director and the many collaborators who helped define his vision, One Who Set Forth is a compelling account of Wim Wenders' life and work.

Another short was 3 American LPs, which was the first film I did with Peter Handke. It was a film about American music, about three pieces of three LPs. There was a song by Van Morrison, another by Harvey Mandel, and one of Credence Clearwater Revival. It was mainly the music and some shots out of a car, landscapes out of the car window. And it had a little bit of commentary – dialogue between Peter and me about American music and about how American rock music was about emotion and images instead of sounds. That is to say, about a kind of phenomenon, that it was in a way a kind of film music, but without a moving picture. It was a 12-minute film and it was never shown. – Wim Wenders