NYC Chapter - Movie Night
Am 16. Juni fand im QUAD CINEMA (zwischen 5th & 6th Avenues) die Vorführung des Filmes 'Die Frau, Die Sich Traut (The Woman Who Dares)' statt. Das CHAPTER NYC rund um Theresa Kilb und Dieter Wagner besuchten gemeinsam die öffentliche Vorstellung. Der "öffentliche" Andrang im Kino hielt sich in Grenzen, so dass die alumni der Uni Graz ein "almost private viewing" genossen haben. Im Anschluss an den Film konnte als besonderer Gast Frau Professor Ingeborg Majer-O'Sickey, Bartle Professor of German and Gender & Sexuality Studies der Binghamton University begrüßt werden, die interessante Statements zu dem Film miteinbrachte.
"So we go to the movies to be entertained, right?
Supposing that your answer is yes, well, mostly, let me ask you another question: Does a requiem to a woman’s life as a casualty of GDR sports politics and broken dreams sound even remotely entertaining?
This is not such a shallow question as it might seem at first glance. After all, the trope of the (former) GDR woman as slave to … you fill in the blank… is as shop worn as Nike’s exhortation that we can DO IT.
And, yet, there are certainly a number of ways in which this film goes beyond tired tropes. We simply need to recalibrate “entertainment” and know how to “see” in a profound way. Because at the end of the day, Rensing DARES us with this film in ways that few contemporary films do.
So, I would like to begin with some background that outlines recent German/European film culture’s relationship to entertainment so as to frame our viewing experience of Rensing’s recent film in a broad cultural frame. During our discussion, I hope that we will think not only about I’ll propose that looking at the what (plot), but at how (form) this film moves us. This, I hope, will help us get at the question I posed at the outset. Thinking about how this film is dares the audience can help us break out of the restricting corset of what entertainment means and can, as a consequence, enrich our viewing experience(s)".
Abschließend fand ein gemütlicher Ausklang im Kaffee Katja statt, wo die eine oder andere Diskussion noch fortgeführt werden konnte.