Von Heute auf Morgen

Straub-Huillet’s film of a staged version of a Schoenberg opera, 1996
However one finds Schoenberg, this is rather good. On a stage setting, so all from one side of the 180 line. A lot of the equivalent of shot/reverse stuff. Straub-Huillet use this to isolate characters from each other. The later reunions have them coming together.
The black and white marks a return to slightly more expressionist sets, note also the sheer bareness of the backdrop. As the very simple colour scheme; the white dress.
The story is completely nuts; pretty deeply morally troubling, one rather wonders what on earth is going on. Still, all in all, quite good fun. Baffling for reasons not so much usually associated with why Straub-Huillet are baffling.