Matthias Brunner
Die magische Bergwelt in den Filmen von Daniel Schmid, 2013
Die Installation ist eine Hommage an den grossen Schweizer Filmer Daniel Schmid der in mindestens vier seiner Hauptwerke – «LA PALOMA», «VIOLANTA», «JÜRG JENATSCH» und «BERESINA» – seine Liebe zu den Schweizer Bergen thematisierte. Es sind höchst ironische Bergbilder – zwischen Liebe und Tod – in denen auch Kitsch, Folklore, Historie, Verrat, Mord, Folter und Tod ihren Platz haben. Insofern ist der Ort eines Bunkers die perfekte Szenerie für Daniel Schmids Figuren und ihre Geschichten.
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Technik: IMACULIX, Andy Bohli
Mit Unterstützung von:
Beat Curti / George Foundation / LUMA& Foundation / Schwyzer Stiftung
Matthias Brunner began his career as movie buff, critic, film producer and film curator for art house movies in Switzerland. He has collaborated with many film festivals including Filmex and the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, the Locarno Film Festival, and Zürich Film Festival.
Brunner has been attending all major film festivals for the past 40 years. In 1992 he became a film curator for Art Basel and a member of the European Film Academy. He is founder and manager of the Douglas Sirk Foundation and recently co-produced “Sennentuntschi“ and “Paul Bowles – The Cagedoor Is Always Open“.
His first art/film installation, „Magnificent Obsession – The Love Affair Between Movies And Literature“, was shown on the Monte Verita and is currently in the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich and “La Maison Pour L’ecriture Et La Litterature“. His latest installation „The Magic World Of The Mountains In The Films By Daniel Schmid“ was exhibited in 2013 at the Chesa Planta Museum in the Engadin. He has received several awards for his work in the field of arthouse movies such as the 1st award from Europa Cinemas, Strassbourg, the Zürich Film Award and a decoration as „Officier Des Arts Et Des Lettres“ from the State of France.
