Intro

World premiere of “A Tall Tale” (HD, 16’, Germany / Ireland,  2017) at the 67. Berlinale Forum Expanded

Screenings:
10.2., 21:30 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10
12.2., 12:30 Arsenal 1, Potsdamer Straße 2

A thin crack extending from the roof, down the front of the building and into the adjacent lake forms the mise en scene of the film, noted by the narrator when he arrives at the House of Usher. A cinematic ghost seems to lead the spectator onwards, passing through a landscape of ruins and films and ruins of films that evoke phantoms and fairies …