Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth. Influential Belgian director Chantal Akerman challenged the "hierarchy of images": Why should an image of say a car accident be seen as more interesting than one of washing dishes?
Why does the spectacular prevail over the mundane in the film idiom? Could it be because the mundane is associated with women's lives? In Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, Bruxelles , a film that earned her critical acclaim, Akerman makes a feminist statement by showing three days in the mundane life of a woman in long uninterrupted shots. Jeanne's days are dull: following a monotonous daily recurring routine she cleans, she cooks, and she takes care of her son.
In the afternoon, while Sylvain is at school, she entertains gentleman callers in her bedroom to earn some money. Eventually, her routine starts to show cracks. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, Bruxelles Influential Belgian director Chantal Akerman challenged the "hierarchy of images": Why should an image of say a car accident be seen as more interesting than one of washing dishes?
Share this film. These films are also playing today Go to the calendar. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found. The Straight Story - in memoriam David Lynch. Le royaume. No Other Land.
