Kunst door de lens van Robby Müller: lezing Jan Postma + Im Lauf der Zeit

In this virtuoso road movie about two men and the decline of cinema culture, Wenders demonstrates his great fondness for the films of John Ford. The script by director Wenders is not only an ode to projection equipment but also a portrait of the fragmentation of German society as a result of American-style consumerism. The classic closing shot shows the only still functioning neon letters of the defunct cinema Weisse Wand spelling the word 'end'.Im Lauf der Zeit is part of Wenders” so-called Road Movie Trilogy, together with Alice in den Städten and Falsche Bewegung. The characters in these three films are looking for meaning in their lives, but it eludes them, leaving them with their unarticulated longings. The script contains the famous quote: “The Americans have colonized our unconscious.” In the seventies and eighties it was frequently referred to by members of the “counterculture” who condemned the hegemony of American culture.

Robby Müller says looking back: “For me Im Lauf der Zeit was one of the first bigger films I did with Wim. I gradually got the feeling I was in control of the camera. I was able to do things here that made me think: right, this is how it”s meant to be. It”s second nature to me.”

19 June: prior to the screening Jan Postma, journalist and editor of De Groene Amsterdammer, will talk about Wenders, Müller and the aesthetics of Müller”s camera work (in Dutch). Postma publishes on visual arts, photography, film and literature and also contributes to Das Magazin.

Screening of the restored copy (4K).

This event has been selected by We Are Public and is free to members, subject to availability. No advance bookings. Tickets can be collected from the desk an hour before the start of the performance.