Sehnsucht Nach Sodom
1989, 47:00 minutes, colour, German with English subtitles
TAPECODE 9660
Le désir de Sodome - Alors que le réalisateur Hanno Baethe commence un vidéo avec le comédien allemand Kurt Raab, celui-ci apprend qu'il est atteint du sida. La maladie fut fulgurante et Kurt Raab mourra à peine quatre ans après avoir su qu'il avait contracté le virus. Ce qui devait être au départ une réflexion sur le nouveau cinéma allemand, deviendra un document puissant et sans masque sur la maladie.
"... Un témoignage d'adieu se profile: des sujets aussi tabous que le sida, la mort et le catholicisme d'un homosexuel sont abordés. Le montage du film confronte le spectateur aux questions et aux espérances qu'avait l'acteur Kurt Raab face à la vie avant qu'il ne tombe malade, et lui procure les réponses de celui-ci, alors qu'il doit faire face à une morte imminente. Kurt Raab est mort à Hamburg le 28 juin 1988." -Anke Oehme
A Yearning for Sodom - While german actor Kurt Raab was working on a video project with director Hanno Baethe, he learned that he was HIV positive. A short time later he was confined to bed in a Hamburg hospital, dependent on the help of others. Then with the assistance of Raab's friend Hans Hirschmüller, a documentation was compiled to supplement the video project: the work of an actor in retrospect, but also a man facing an imminent death.
" ... A testimony to his parting emerged: subjects as taboo as AIDS, death and the catholicism of a gay person were the issues that were raised. The film editing confronts the viewer with the questions and expectations the actor Kurt Raab had of life before his illness and gives him Raab's answers in view of his imminent death. Kurt Raab died in Hamburg on June 28, 1988." -Anke Oehme
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