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How to invent reality (1996)

How to invent reality poster
Original title
How to Invent Reality
Directed by
Jon Bang Carlsen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
31 min
Rated
A
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Director Jon Bang Carlsen makes a film essay about his own method of staged documentary. He reflects on how his personal perspective shapes the stories he tells, using footage from one of his other films about an Irish bachelor looking for love.

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What happens

How to invent reality er en film instrueret af Jon Bang Carlsen. Efter 25 år som instruktør har Jon Bang Carlsen lavet dette filmiske essay om sin metode, som han selv kalder iscenesat dokumentarisme. Filmen har som baggrund optagelserne til »It's Now or Never«, historien om en irsk ungkarls søgen efter kærlighed. I filmens speak siger Jon Bang Carlsen: «Jeg kan kun se verden ved at belyse den med mig selv. Derfor er min skygge altid en stor del af den færdige film, og derfor har mine film ikke noget med sandhed at gøre. De er mine sansninger af verden, intet andet ...» (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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