Country: Denmark
Year: 1981
Duration: 42'
A documentary about the USA of today. It embraces major and minor impressions, events, things, people, thoughts and feelings. It's a collection of pictures of a country which in many ways is strange and incomprehensible to us, but in which we nevertheless recognize a reflection of our own culture, and to which our dreams ñ whether we want them or not ñ must bear a relation (J. Leth)
Biography
film director
Jørgen Leth
Born in Aarhus, Denmark 1937. Jørgen Leth studied literature and anthropology in his hometown, and worked as a journalist in Copenhagen before moving into filmmaking. His first book was published in 1962; his first film was released in 1963. In the late sixties, he was one of the founding members of the avant-garde film-group AB Cinema. He has published ten books fo poetry and four non fiction books.
FILMOGRAFIA
Det perfekte menneske (The Perfect Human Being, cm 1967), Ofelias blomster (Ophelia's Flowers, cm 1968), Motion Picture (cm 1970), Dyrehaven, den romantiske skov (The Deer Garden - The Romantic Forest, cm 1970), Livet i Danmark (Life in Denmark, cm 1971), Kinesisk bordtennis (Chinese Ping-Pong, cm 1971), Stjernerne og vandbærerne (The Stars and the Watercarriers, cm 1973), Den umulige time (The Impossible Hour, cm 1974), Det gode og det onde (The Good and the Evil, 1974), En forårsdag i helvede (A Sunday in Hell, cm 1976), Peter Martins, en danser (Peter Martins - A Dancer, cm 1978); At danse Bournonville (Dancing Bournonville, cm 1979); 66 Scener fra Amerika (66 Scenes from America, cm 1981); Step on Silence (cm 1982), Udenrigskorrespondenten (Haiti Express, 1983), Pelota (cm 1984), Notater fra Kina (Notebook from China, cm 1986), Yellow Jersey (1986, incompleto), Det legende menneske (Moments of Play, cm 1986); Dansk litteratur (Danish Literature, cm 1989); Notater om kærligheden (Notes On Love, 1989); Traberg (Traberg, 1992), Michael Laudrup (cm 1993), Haiti, uden titel (Haiti. Untitled, cm 1996), Jeg er levende (I Am Alive, cm 1999).
Cast
& Credits
Director: J¯rgen Leth.
Screenplay: Ole John.
Director of photography: Dan Holmberg.
Editor: Kristian Levring.
Production company: John & Leth Film.
Screenplay: Ole John.
Director of photography: Dan Holmberg.
Editor: Kristian Levring.
Production company: John & Leth Film.