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XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
About Me: A Musical
About Me: A Musical
Robert Frank
United States of America
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Synopsis
About Me: A Musical was planned as a cinematic study of indigenous American music. Robert Frank decided instead to make the film about himself. An actress (Lynn Reyner) plays Frank. He examines his life symbolically, questioning the personal toll his work has taken and the value of his contribution as a photographer. His search for freedom is represented by the music.
Biografía del director
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (b. 1924, Zurich) is one of the most well-known and acclaimed photographers in the world. Yet he was also a filmmaker, a fact that comparatively few remember or are even aware of. From 1959 onwards, he put his work as a photographer on hold to focus on cinema, going on to complete more than 25 films over a 50-year career until his death in September 2019. Many of these are regarded as seminal works within the international independent and documentary scene.
Photo credit: Dodo Jin Ming
Finished
Sessions
December
Wednesday 16
20:00 h
Filmoteca Española. Cine Doré.
Credits
Language
- Subtitles in spanish
Director
Robert Frank
Cinematography
Danny Seymour
Sound
Robert McNamara