Theatre in Trance 1981 Ages 15+

When

1.30 pm, Sat 30 Jun 2018 (90 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema B

About

Shot at the 1981 Theater der Welt festival in Köln, Theatre in Trance is a documentary observing the avant-garde theatre groups and dance troupes that performed there over two weeks, including Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Fassbinder frames the footage with a narration by him from Antonin Artaud's The Theatre and Its Double (1938), a reflection on the role of theatre. Shot just a year before his death, Theatre in Trance was Fassbinder's only documentary.

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Script: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Cinematographer: Werner Lüring
  • Editors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as Franz Walsch), Juliane Lorenz
  • Print Source: Laura Film
  • Rights: Laura Film
  • Year: 1981
  • Runtime: 91 minutes
  • Country: West Germany
  • Language: German
  • Subtitles: English
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: 16mm
  • Screening Format: DCP