Films by Rüdiger Neumann from 1980–1993

We are pleased to present an arsenal edition DVD of films by Rüdiger Neumann from 1980–1993 in collaboration with Filmgalerie 451, Stephan Konken and Maike Mia Höhne. The DVD is available at Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art and Filmgalerie 451 for 16,90€. A special limited edition DVD brought out by Arsenal and material verlag, the in-house publishers at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, can be obtained at the HfbK and Arsenal only.

Rüdiger Neumann is a filmmaker and professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg whose teaching has influenced two generations of filmmakers, many of whom now play an active role in shaping German cinema today. In the 1980s and 1990s, the HfbK was the only experimental and political alternative to the film schools in Munich and Berlin. Rüdiger Neumann’s controversial Thursday seminars are legendary. These five keys films by Rüdiger Neumann are released for the first time on this DVD.

DVD 1
ZUFALLS-HORIZONTE, Germany 1980, 47’
MERIDIAN ODER DAS THEATER VOR DEM REGEN, Germany 1983, 92’
ARCHIV DER BLICKE, Germany 1985, 77’

DVD 2
NORDLICHT, Germany 1988, 69’
STEIN/LICHT, Germany 1993, 35’
TONÜBUNGSFILM, Germany 1974, 12'