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    Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

    Ulrike Öttinger 1984 Germany Feature color 152min German, French DCP
    date time venue guests rating
    10/16 20:30 Spot Huasan A One PG15
    10/19 14:30 Spot Huasan A One PG15
    In this film, OTTINGER turns her attention to the mechanism of exclusion invested with the necessary power to make or break people. Dr. MABUSE, whose illustrious precursor is Fritz LANG's psychopathic, counterfeiting boss of the underworld, derives her power from the fabrication of reality based on the seduction of images and words. Her perfect object and victim is the Bauhaus-dandy Dorian, whose relation to Oscar WILDE's prototype is as marginal as his relation to power. The fairy-tale framework of OTTINGER's feature composition asserts itself strongly in this film as DORIAN replaces the evil tycoon and becomes king of the media conglomerate.

    Director

    Ulrike Öttinger

    Ulrike OTTINGER lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Her work explores the world through images notable for their curiosity about different human cultures and for their visual power and intensity. Her work often mixes ethnographic documentary with fiction and fantasy, creating unforgettable juxtapositions and encounters.

    Ulrike Öttinger

    1972 Laocoön & Sons
    1973 Berlin-Fieber
    1975 The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
    1976 VOAEX
    1978 Madame X: An Absolute Ruler
    1979 Ticket of No Return
    1981 Freak Orlando
    1984 Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press 美少年格雷與八卦新聞
    1986 China. The Arts – the People
    1986 Seven Women, Seven Sins
    1989 Joan of Arc of Mongolia
    1990 Countdown
    1992 Taiga
    1997 Exile Shanghai
    2002 Southeast Passage
    2004 Twelve Chairs
    2007 Prater
    2009 Still Moving
    2009 The Korean Wedding Chest
    2011 Under Snow
    2016 Chamisso's Shadow: A Journey to the Bering Sea in Three Chapters
    2020 Paris Calligrammes

    Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer：Ulrike OTTINGER Sound：Margit ESCHENBACH Editor：Eva SCHLENSAG Music：Peer RABEN, Patricia JUNGER Executive Producer：Renee GUNDELACH Producer Manager：Herbert KERZ, Helga STEGMANN

    Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.
    Carsten ZIMMER
    distribution@arsenal-berlin.de

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