While Cursed by Specters (2020)
Burak Çevik’s film reworks the stark black-and-white compositions of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s 1984 film Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations) in which German locations stand in for the imagined country of Kafka’s unfinished novel, Amerika. Here, however, depopulated interiors and desolate outdoor spaces carry the phantasmic traces of humanity—voices, shadows, photographs, cars—but never let them appear, suggesting a world in which all connections to the social have come untethered.
Director: Burak Çevik
Runtime: 10 min
Release Date: September 17, 2020
Production: Fol Film
Country: Turkey
Language: Deutsch
Original Language: tr
Keywords
short film
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is While Cursed by Specters about?
- Burak Çevik’s film reworks the stark black-and-white compositions of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub’s 1984 film Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations) in which German locations stand in for the imagined country of Kafka’s unfinished novel, Amerika. Here, however, depopulated interiors and desolate outdoor spaces carry the phantasmic traces of humanity—voices, shadows, photographs, cars—but never let them appear, suggesting a world in which all connections to the social have come untethered.
- Who directed While Cursed by Specters?
- While Cursed by Specters was directed by Burak Çevik.
- How long is While Cursed by Specters?
- While Cursed by Specters has a runtime of 10m (10 minutes).
- Where was While Cursed by Specters produced?
- While Cursed by Specters was produced in Turkey.