Maniac Summer (2009)
Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with no specific subject or topic. The camera is positioned in front of a window and left running. It observes movements, registers noises coming from the street or nearby park, captures Chantal Akerman going about her business in her apartment: smoking, working, talking on the telephone. Fragments from the artist’s everyday life are featured in the installation’s central video, while the adjoining panels are more symbolically charged; in them, various images from the former have been isolated, modified and repeated. These abstract afterimages act as a kind of memory, looking back to the images in the installation’s centrepiece as so many shadows of its reality.
Cast
- Chantal Akerman - Self
Keywords
routine, observation, triptych
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Maniac Summer about?
- Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with no specific subject or topic. The camera is positioned in front of a window and left running. It observes movements, registers noises coming from the street or nearby park, captures Chantal Akerman going about her business in her apartment: smoking, working, talking on the telephone. Fragments from the artist’s everyday life are featured in the installation’s central video, while the adjoining panels are more symbolically charged; in them, various images from the former have been isolated, modified and repeated. These abstract afterimages act as a kind of memory, looking back to the images in the installation’s centrepiece as so many shadows of its reality.
- Who directed Maniac Summer?
- Maniac Summer was directed by Chantal Akerman.
- Who stars in Maniac Summer?
- Maniac Summer stars Chantal Akerman.
- How long is Maniac Summer?
- Maniac Summer has a runtime of 34m (34 minutes).
- What genre is Maniac Summer?
- Maniac Summer is a Documentary film.
- Where was Maniac Summer produced?
- Maniac Summer was produced in France.