A contemplation on night travelling in various weather conditions through seemingly endless landscapes in Europe, only briefly disrupted by shreds of conversation in a foreign language.
Examines the use of Sinti in the making of "Tiefland". Gladitz' claim that Riefenstahl knew that they would be sent to Auschwitz.
Science historian James Burke roams the Hotel del Coronado, using its services as a metaphor for the neuro-chemical activity of the human brain.
With expert guests:
Dr Eugene Roberts, City of Hope Research Institute
Dr Steven M. Paul, NIMH
Dr John F. Tallman, NIMH
Dr Floyd Bloom, Neurophysiology Lab, Salk Institute
Dr Eric Kandel, Columbia University College of Physicians & Sur...
With the examples of Leni Riefenstahls "Tiefland" (1941) and "Fitzcarraldo" by Werner Herzog, Nina Gladitz pose a question about the responsibility of the artist.
After living clandestinely in Beirut to escape the Israeli forces, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat, left Lebanon aboard the Atlantis for a new exile in Greece and then Tunis. He talks about his destiny and the future of the PLO. Saab was the only journalist with a camera admitted on the boat.
For the very first time, a documentary team is allowed to shoot sequences in the backstage of the French Open of tennis of Roland-Garros.
