Movies of Herbert Schmelzer
We write the year 1973. On a warm spring evening in a Lower Bavarian town is still loud music after midnight to hear. Young people who met in a private party room and dance to the hot rhythms of the beat. So young and boisterous, they will never come together again. A time to document K40 Super8. Filmed with a single 500W bulb.
A hot summer day in 1972 in Eggenfelden in Lower Bavaria. There was not much to do. Mike and Kurt Ottl in the park. Nuns turn up their nose. Rainer and Michaela and the dachshund. The zombies are lurking everywhere.
May 2009. An incredible experiment starts. The film club AKA Freiburg invites you to a 4 x 8 mm = 72 h Festival. Original Title: Super 8 Festival text: 8 mm 4 Superachtfilme, four film groups, 72 hours. Friday 20 clock production meeting is Monday 20 clock and the film screening with live scoring. In between the films are planned, shot, developed, perhaps cut and displayed. Improvisation, spontaneity and lack of sleep are part of the concept. Filmmaking for everyone and from beginning to end. Interested parties are welcome. Production Meeting: Friday, 05.08.2009, 20:00 clock, aka office, Rheinstr. 12 Addendum: It emerged in the last seven Super 8 short films festivals: within 72 hours of ideas have been collected for the films in his head made into small scripts, captured on film, developed and accompanied by live music performed in the auditorium in 2006. Minor and major technical problems made the films, of course, just charming — now you can also watch it to you online! Full coverage of the festival were there already. Text: Tobias King