April 24, 6.30 pm

Lecture
Bert Rebhandl, «Reading Fassbinder Through Ming Wong»

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By now, the cinema as the subject of art has a long tradition. As a rule, works such as those created by Ming Wong also reveal a discursive hierarchy: art functions as a reflective treatment; it establishes a meta-level and uncovers implications. What happens, however, when the source material itself performs the same basic function? After all, Fassbinder’s films are, in their own right, treatments of strongly codified traditions and elements in the history of film – of melodrama, for example. These stratifications of reflexivity will be the subject of a lecture and discussion.

Bert Rebhandl was born in 1964 in Upper Austria. He is a freelance journalist, writer and translator, primarily focusing on the topics of film and cinema, art. Co-editor of the magazine CARGO Film Medien Kultur. Recently published: «Seinfeld» (Diaphanes 2013). Currently working on a book on Jean-Luc Godard. Lives in Berlin.