Diwan (1974)
Overview
Diwan, a lyric anthology, an outdoor movie with people. With people living in the surrounding precious and very beautifully photographed nature, are neither more nor less than one part of it. What Nekes manages there with landscape, as a cunning and quote many fine artist in a medium that runs in time, as he defeated the time changed, by themselves for change of scenery uses, as it interferes with the laws of chronology through the rewind ability of the camera or destroyed, which is a compelling and highly aesthetic experimental company.
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| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 0.637 |
Directed By
Werner Nekes
Crew
Werner Nekes
Werner Nekes
Werner Nekes
Anthony Moore
Werner Nekes
Anthony Moore
Werner Nekes
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