Switzerland 2016. DCP 16:9, colour, 74 min.
The internationally renowned artists Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016) and Kurt Sigrist (1943) are close friends of mine. I have known both of them personally for a long time. Their personalities differ tremendously, and yet there is something that unites both of them with me: their expression of imagery – the language of the image.
I am interested in how they counterpose our time with their art. With Gottfried Honegger, the last representative of the ”Zurich Concrete”, the film focuses on creative seeing and geometry. The artist Kurt Sigrist, whose genre is “object sculpture”, pushes boundaries.
Director | Erich Langjahr |
Script | Erich Langjahr |
With | Die beiden Künstler Gottfried Honegger und Kurt Sigrist Im Weiteren Franz Enderli (Regierungsrat Kanton Obwalden), Guido Magnaguagno (Kunsthistoriker), Friedhelm Mennekes (Theologe), Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart (Schauspieler), Roxana Pirovano Malmberg (Galeristin), Beat Stutzer (Kurator) und andere |
Photography | Erich Langjahr, Silvia Haselbeck |
Sound | Silvia Haselbeck |
Editing | Erich Langjahr |
Music | Urban Mäder und Christian Hartmann |
Collaborators | Silvia Haselbeck: Schnittassistenz Tonschnitt, Mischung: René Zaugg Color Grading: Nick Schneider Plakat: Art Ringger |
Duration | 74 min. |
Format | DCP 16:9 |
Versions | Schweizerdeutsch / deutsch untertitelt / english subtitles |
Sales DVD/Video | DVD : [order] |
Release | 2016 |
Festivals | 42. Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg 28.- 31. Jan. 2016 29. Int. Freistädter Filmfestival "Der neue Heimatfilm" 24. - 28. August 2016 Walser Herbst, Das steilste Festival mitten in den Bergen, 19.8.-11.9.16 |
Awards | 2. Dokumentarfilmpreis am 42. Internationalen Filmwochenende Würzburg 2016 |
Production | Langjahr-Film GmbH, Luegstrasse 13, CH-6037 Root Tel. +41-41-450 22 52 – Fax +41-41-450 22 51 E-mail: info@langjahr-film.ch – send this message – www.langjahr-film.ch |
World Rights | Langjahr-Film GmbH |
Distribution Switzerland and international | Langjahr-Film GmbH, Luegstrasse 13, CH-6037 Root Tel. +41-41-450 22 52 – Fax +41-41-450 22 51 E-mail: info@langjahr-film.ch – send this message – www.langjahr-film.ch |
ISAN | 0000-0003-F81A-0000-X-0000-0000-C |
Suisa number | 1010.929 |
In his latest documentary, For a Beautiful World, Erich Langjahr portrays two of his close friends, internationally renowned artists, Gottfried Honegger and Kurt Sigrist.
Though the personalities of the two artists are as different as night and day, Langjahr discovered one thing that connects them: their expression of and fascination with imagery. Gottfried Honegger, the last representative of the "Zurich Concrete", reflects on the importance of vision and perception, thinking about their effects on humans. He argues for a society that is more influenced by culture. Kurt Sigrist is concerned with the relation of spaces and places to the experience of interior and exterior, of insights and outlooks. Many properties, he states, are dominated by empty spaces that need to be filled with our experiences, thoughts, ideas and associations. Just as Honegger and Sigrist, Langjahr is also fascinated by imagery and its influence on mankind. He claims that his audience views the images on the screen and gives them meaning by connecting them to their personal experiences.
[Catalogue Filmwoche Würzburg]