Where Lies Your Hidden Smile? (2001)
Directed by Pedro Costa
Sub-Genres - Biography, Film & Television History |
Run Time - 109 min. |
Countries - France, Portugal |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their film Sicilia!, discussing and arguing over each cut and its effect. Incorporating comments about the influence of figures as diverse as Chaplin and Eisenstein, about the ethical and aesthetic implications of film technique and such matters as rhythm, so