Shirley : visions of reality / Bob Shami and Shami Media Group presents ; East West Distribution ; a film by Gustav Deutsch ; written & directed by Gustav Deutsch ; produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Thomas Schlesinger. ; editor, Gustav Deutsch.

New York, N.Y. : Shami Media, [2015?]

©2015

1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

"13 of Edward Hopper's paintings are brought alive by the film, telling the story of a woman, whose thoughts, emotions and contemplations let us observe an era in American history. Shirley is a woman in America in the 1930s, '40s, '50s, and early '60s. A woman who would like to influence the course of history with her professional and socio-political involvement. A woman who does not accept the reality of the Depression years, WWII, the McCarthy Era, race conflicts and civil rights campaigns as given but rather as generated and adjustable. A woman whose works as an actress has familiarized her with the staging of reality, the questioning and shaping of it; an actress who doesn't identify her purpose and future with that of solo success or stardom but who strives to give social potency to theater as part of a collective. A woman who cannot identify with the traditional role model of a wife yet longs to have a life partner. A woman who does not compromise in moments of professional crisis and is not afraid to take on menial jobs to secure her livelihood. A woman who in a moment of private crisis decides to stick with her partner and puts her own professional interest on the back burner. A woman who is infuriated by political repression yet not driven to despair, and who has nothing but disdain for betrayal. Shirley, an attractive, charismatic, committed, emancipated woman"--Publisher's web site.

Images / Video & Film

English

January 16, 2018

Cinematography by Jerzy Palacz ; music by Christian Fennesz ; art direction by Hanna Schimek ; edited by Gustav Deutsch.

Stephanie Cumming, Christopher Bach, Florentin Groll, Elfriede Irrall, Tom Hanslmaier.

Not rated.

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