Where do Filmmakers go?
Where do Filmmakers go? Maps the
precise locations of 17 feature
films shot in Beirut from 1975 to
1990. Taking as a departure point
Vartan Avakian's The Revenge
of Geography Heroes, Beauty
Queens and Lebanese Action
Cinema 1979-1989 A Topographic
Survey of Beirut, alongside
which it was exhibited, this
intervention explores the choices
of filming spots in a city divided
and torn between conditions of war
and simulacra of normality.
Denoting the various narrative
uses of spaces, between
idealization and dystopia, it also
constitutes an archeology of
images, unveiling discoloration,
grain and various alterations of
the films.
Where
do Filmmakers go?
was conceived for the
exhibition of the 2nd Alba
Ciné-rencontres, "Filming in
Times of War 1975-1990",
co-produced by the School of
Visual Arts and the School of
Cinema at Académie Libanaise
des Beaux-Arts. The exhibition
also featured Fouad
Elkoury, Warriors,
from the casting of Volker
Schlondörff's Circle of
Deceit, Salah Saouli,
The Seven Lives of Mr
Said and Vartan
Avakian's The Revenge of
Geography Heroes, Beauty
Queens and Lebanese Action
Cinema 1979-1989 A
Topographic Survey of
Beirut.
Where do
filmmakers go? restitue
les emplacements précis de
plans tirés de dix-sept films
de cinéma tournés à Beyrouth
entre 1975 et 1990. Prenant
comme point de départ The
Revenge of Geography Heroes,
Beauty Queens and Lebanese
Action Cinema 1979-1989 A
Topographic Survey of Beirut
de Vartan Avakian aux côtés de
laquelle elle fut exposée,
cette intervention examine les
choix de lieux de tournage
dans une ville divisée et
prise en tenailles entre états
de guerre et simulacres de
normalité. Éclairant sur les
différents emplois narratifs
des espaces, entre
idéalisation et dystopie, elle
constitue également une
archéologie de l’image,
faisant ressortir les
décolorations, grains et
diverses altérations subies
par les supports filmiques.
Where do filmmakers go?
a été
conçue pour les 2e
ciné-rencontres de l'Alba
"Filmer en temps de
guerre, 1975-1990",
coproduites par l'École de
Cinéma et l'École des Arts
Visuels à l'Académie
libanaise des beaux-arts.
L'exposition comportait
également Fouad Elkoury, Combattants,
du casting du Faussaire
de Volker Schlondörff,
Salah Saouli, The
Seven Lives of Mr Said
et Vartan Avakian, The
Revenge of
Geography Heroes,
Beauty Queens and
Lebanese Action
Cinema 1979-1989 A
Topographic Survey
of Beirut.
Films:
Al-mamar al-akhir (Youssef
Charafeddine, 1981) watch
trailer
Al-moujazef (Youssef
Charafeddine, 1983) watch trailer
Al-moutawahishoun
(Rida Myassar, 1982) watch movie
Al-qarar
(Youssef Charafeddine,
1981)
Al-rou’ya
(Youssef
Charafeddine, 1985)
Awdat
al-batal (Samir
Al-Ghoussaini,
1983) watch movie
Azab al-oumahat (Rida Myassar, 1986) watch movie
Bayrût
al-liqâ’
(Borhane
Alaouié, 1981)
watch extract
Beirut
The Last Home
Movie
(Jennifer Fox,
1987) watch trailer
Die
Fälschung
(Volker
Schlöndorff,
1981) watch trailer
Ghazl
el-banet
(Jocelyne
Saab, 1985) watch trailer
Hamasât
(Maroun
Bagdadi, 1980)
watch extract
Hasna
wa’l amaliqa
(Samir
Al-Ghoussaini,
1984) watch movie
Houbbi
al-lazi lâ
yamoût
(Youssef
Charafeddine,
1984) watch
Houroûb
saghira
(Maroun
Bagdadi, 1982)
watch extract
Nahla
(Farouk
Beloufa, 1979)
watch extract
Wajhan
li-wajh (Ahmad
Fouad,
1976)
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exhibition
2e
Ciné-Rencontres de l'Alba:
Filmer en temps de guerre,
Académie libanaise des
beaux-arts, Alba, Beirut,
2019
website: https://alba.edu.lb/french/cine-rencontres-avril-2019
Articles and texts
- Saad Chakali,
"Beyrouth, de l'aube à
l'aube", Des nouvelles du
front, 17'04'2019
- Hady
Zaccak, "Petites et grandes
guerres : Une filmographie
des longs métrages tournés
au Liban pendant la guerre
civile (1975-1990)", Regards,
n.24, Oct. 2020
- Claire
Launchbury, Marilyn Matar,
Max Silverman,
"Ciné-archivistes and the
Metaleptic Archive of
Lebanese Cinema", Regards,
n. 26, 2021
related projects
- Abandoned
Dwellings.
A History of Beirut
- Fouad
Elkoury Passing Time
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