BIRTH - Jonathan Glazer

Dienstag 14.10.2014
20:30 Uhr
vorgestellt von Christian Weber

USA 2004, 96 min., Regie: Jonathan Glazer, Drehbuch: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jonathan Glazer, Milo Addica, Kamera: Harris Savides, Music: Alexandre Desplat, Montage: Sam Sneade, Claus Wehlisch, Produktion: Lizie Gower, Nick Morris, Jean-Louis Piel, DarstellerInnen: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Lauren Bacall, Anne Heche, Peter Stormare

»How can a picture made so recently be lost or forgotten? Maybe it's because few critics understood Birth when it came out – so I find many people who haven't seen it or even heard of it! It's the story of Anna, whose husband dies, jogging in the snow in Central park. For 10 years she mourns and then she agrees to marry again. But at the engagement party a boy appears, and tells her he is her husband. Anna laughs, but the boy is serious, and gradually the occult idea breaks down her sanity or security. I won't say more about the story, or what the film means, but as directed by Jonathan Glazer (he made Sexy Beast – which you may have seen), this is a mysterious and haunting study of emotional insecurity. Nicole Kidman is Anna, and if you have ever doubted her, this is the film to see. For a few years I have been doing all I can to get everyone to see Birth. Try it – you will see, and you won't believe anyone got away with making a film like this.«

[David Thomson: The Films That Time Forgot. The Guardian, 19/08/2010]