Cezanne / Lothringen!

Two shorter Straub-Huillet works
Cezanne (1989, 48’); Stern evocation, through diaries. Slow, long takes of the landcape. Broken up by harsh voiceover, while the camera looks, not central framing much of the time but clearly making us consider, either photos or the Cezanne work itself. The interesting thing here is perhaps the rather long interlude we have of Renoir’s ‘Madame Bovary’. Really notice the difference; visual storytelling with Renoir. Clearly a contrast to Straub-Huillet’s transferral of information through language.
Lothringen (1994, 21’); Slightly baffling portrayal of a German town. Long, slow, pans, usually keeping outside the town