New Scenes from America
Director Jorgen Leth
Countries Denmark
Duration 35 min
Synopsis
Jørgen Leth’s "66 Scenes from America" is internationally acknowledged as a principal work in the history of the documentary. When he and Dan Holmberg, his cinematographer from those days, decided to make a sequel they naturally intended it to be a work of art of the same standard: a creative documentary in the true sense of the word. "One shouldn’t be afraid of repeating oneself. On the contrary; great artists return to the same themes. Without wishing to compare ourselves to them, we will adopt the same working model. Simple means. Black and white film. Highways, motels, Frank, Edward Hopper, and then Leth and Holmberg. Today at around the turn of the century. What does America look like when we seek out the visual templates that are so expressive?", Jørgen Leth.
Jørgen Leth’s "66 Scenes from America" is internationally acknowledged as a principal work in the history of the documentary. When he and Dan Holmberg, his cinematographer from those days, decided to make a sequel they naturally intended it to be a work of art of the same standard: a creative documentary in the true sense of the word. "One shouldn’t be afraid of repeating oneself. On the contrary; great artists return to the same themes. Without wishing to compare ourselves to them, we will adopt the same working model. Simple means. Black and white film. Highways, motels, Frank, Edward Hopper, and then Leth and Holmberg. Today at around the turn of the century. What does America look like when we seek out the visual templates that are so expressive?", Jørgen Leth.