Of Special Merit
Hellmuth Costard / German Democratic Republic / 1968 / Czech Premiere / 11 min.
synopsis
A radical political gesture criticizing the new law on film funding in Germany, which included a clause on "immorality" that shook the film community into a sharp debate about whether or not to adopt the film at the Oberhausen festival. The initiator of the law is represented by a talking penis and manifestations of political propagation or servility towards power are made ironic through masturbation between the projected images.biography
German artist Hellmuth Costard (1940-2000) began making films in the mid-sixties while studying psychology. He soon became a rebel who shocked with his pornographic-like works. His camera experiments for a super 8mm film culminated in the film Football As Never Before (1971).film details
| director: | Hellmuth Costard |
contact
DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK - MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHENDiana Kluge
Potsdamer Str. 2
10785 / Berlin / Germany
+49 30 300903 32 / disposition@deutsche-kinemathek.de
www.deutsche-kinemathek.de
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2019 |
| section: | Fascinations: Eroticism |
| format: | Blu-ray |
| language: | German |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Hellmuth Costard |
| original title: | Besonders Wertvoll |
| country: | German Democratic Republic |
| year: | 1968 |
| running time: | 11 min. |
