Marcel Wehn
Allemagne/Germany - 2007 - 96' - HDV
Portrait
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg: http://www.filmakademie.de/
NDI FILM office Berlin en coproduction avec le SWR, Allemagne
marcel.wehn@gmx.de
Allemagne/Germany - 2007 - 96' - HDV
Portrait
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg: http://www.filmakademie.de/
NDI FILM office Berlin en coproduction avec le SWR, Allemagne
marcel.wehn@gmx.de
"Je suis ma propre histoire" répond le personnage kamikaze à la question "qui êtes-vous" dans le film Kings of the road de Wim Wenders. Traçant des parallèles entre ses premiers films et sa biographie, ce documentaire raconte l'histoire personnelle de Wim Wenders avant son départ pour les États-Unis, après le succès internationnal de L'ami Américain (1976-77). Au travers de conversations intimes, Wim Wenders parle de son enfance dans l' Oberhausen de l'après-guerre. Le film le suit dans un voyage dans le passé qui l'amène à Paris où il vécu en tant que jeune peintre, et pris la décision de devenir cinéaste. Il retrace ses expériences, succès et échecs comme étudiant de cinéma devenant cinéaste. Il confie aussi les attitudes et l'euphorie régnant parmis les premiers étudiants admis à la toute nouvelle école de Munich. En plus de Wenders lui-même, certains de ses plus importants compagnons de route s'expriment comme Peter Handke, Robby Müller, Rüdiger Vogler, Bruno Ganz et Lisa Kreuzer. Ils discutent les thèmes majeurs de l'oeuvre de Wenders - comme la recherche de l'identité, l'amitié et la communication. Ils racontent aussi leur propre expérience de Wenders, personnellement et professionnellement. Des extraits des premiers travaux de Wenders illustrent comment avec le temps le réalisateur dresse le portrait des gens qu'il connu et d'expériences authentiques. C'est une des façons dont ce documentaire apporte une lumière nouvelle sur les premiers travaux de Wim Wenders. “I am my own history“, is how the character Kamikaze responds to the question “who are you?“ in Wim Wenders’ Kings of the world. Drawing parallels between his early films and his personal biography, this documentary traces Wim Wender’s own history, focussing on the director’s life prior to his leaving Germany for the USA after his international breakthrough withThe American Friend (1976/77). In intimate conversations, Wim Wenders talks about his sheltered upbringing in post-war Oberhausen. The film follows him on a journey into the past that takes him to Paris, where he lived as a young painter and made his decision to become a filmmaker. He recounts his experiences, successes and failures as a film student on the way to becoming a director. He also conveys the attitudes and the euphoric mood among the first intake of students at Munich’s newly founded film school. Apart from Wenders himself, some of his most important fellow-travellers also have their say, including Peter Handke, Robby Müller, Rüdiger Vogler, Bruno Ganz and Lisa Kreuzer. As they remember, they discuss some of the fundamental, recurring themes of Wenders’ films – such as the search for identity, friendship and communication. These exponents also discuss their own personal experiences of Wenders – on both private and professional levels. Excerpts from Wenders’ early works illustrate how, time and again, the filmmaker was portraying people he knew and experiences that were authentic. This is just one of the ways in which this documentary sheds new light on the early films of Wim Wenders. |
Né à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne en 1977, Marcel Wehn conclut de
nombreux stages dans le milieu du design, de la rédaction et de la
conception. Après des expériences dans la production filmique à Berlin
et Hanovre, il commence à étudier la réalisation au Filmakademie
Baden-Württemberg en 2000, se concentrant sur le documentaire. Marcel
Wehn interrompt ses études pendant un an qu'il passe en Italie. Les
premières années de Wim Wenders est son film de fin d'études. Depuis
2007, Marcel Wehn est un réalisateur frelance et travaille dans le
milieu de la photographie également. Il vit à Berlin.
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1977, Marcel Wehn completed a number of internships in the field of design, copywritung and concepting. After gaining experience at filmproductions in Berlin and Hannover, he started studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2000, focusing on documentary film making. Marcel Wehn interrupted his studies for a one year stay in Italy. „One who set forth- Wim Wenders` early years“ is his graduation movie at the filmschool.
Since 2007 Marcel Wehn is a freelanced filmmaker and works in the field of photography as well. Hes lives in Berlin.
Born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1977, Marcel Wehn completed a number of internships in the field of design, copywritung and concepting. After gaining experience at filmproductions in Berlin and Hannover, he started studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2000, focusing on documentary film making. Marcel Wehn interrupted his studies for a one year stay in Italy. „One who set forth- Wim Wenders` early years“ is his graduation movie at the filmschool.
Since 2007 Marcel Wehn is a freelanced filmmaker and works in the field of photography as well. Hes lives in Berlin.

