r. Carmen Tartarotti, Italija/Njemačka/Austrija, 2009.
dokumentarni, 89’
"Mislim da ovo treba biti film o šutnji. O pisanju i održavanju tišine. Ali kako da napravimo nešto tako? Možda je drugim autorima moguće proizvesti nešto u umu dok govore, ali ja tako ne mogu proizvesti ništa. Ne volim govoriti. I to će biti baza filma. Tako ćemo napraviti!" Friederike Mayröcker
Das Schreiben und das Schweigen (Writing and Silence) vodi gledatelje u blizinu Mayröckeričina 'života pisanja', koji se na početku čini jako stran. Jedno vidi Drugo i ne može se ne upitati kakav to život ta žena vodi, koje stvari su njoj važne? Ova tenzija izaziva suptilnu provokaciju koja se pretvara u duboko ljudsko iskustvo.
Okružena hrpom rukopisa, skica i artefakta, Friederike Mayröcker, jedna od najznačajnijih suvremenih austrijskih pjesnikinja, povukla se u svoj unutarnji svijet slika. Življenje i pisanje, promišljanje i čitanje postali su jedno.
Nekoliko godina redateljica Carmen Tartarotti pratila je suptilno sada 84-godišnju austrijsku poetesu uglavnom sama, opremljena samo kamerom i mikrofonom - u tijeku njenih radnih dana, u njenom stanu i na njenim čitajućim turnejama. Jedan od uvjeta rađenja filma bila je apsolutna obzirnost za Mayröckerin radni ritam i navike. Krhka struktura njenog stana nije tako ni u kom slučaju dopuštala korištenje uobičajene kamere i osvjetljenja. "Nisam si dozvolila interpretaciju", rekla je redateljica Carmen Tartarotti "ono što sam imala su nijanse u njenom glasu, tihi smijeh, duboki uzdah, dugačke pauze, pitanja, i eho tišine... Writing and Silence nije biografski film... to je realnost sama po sebi."
Kao da je Friederike Mayröcker osoba koja bi pristala i inače na pravila medija. U svjetlu njene karizme, većina kategorija jednostavno nestaje. Film upravo zbog toga nije običan portret već razvija vlastiti neodoljivi šarm.
"I thought it should be a film about keeping silent. Writing and keeping silent. But how do you make something like that? Maybe for other authors it is possible for them to produce other things from their minds when they speak, whereas I cannot produce anything. I don't like to speak! And this will be the basis for making our film. We'll do that!" Friederike Mayröcker
Das Schreiben und das Schweigen (Writing and Silence) leads the viewer in a subtle, poetic way into proximity with Mayröcker's "life of writing", that at first seems alien. One sees the Other and is tempted to ask what kind of life this woman leads, what is important for her? But the question reflects back on to us. This tension generates a gentle provocation that releases a deep, human experience.
Surrounded by piles of manuscripts, sketches and artefacts, Friederike Mayröcker, long-standing partner of poet Ernst Jandl has withdrawn from the outer world to steep herself in her inner world of images. Living and writing, contemplating and reading are one and the same thing.
For several years, then, Carmen Tartarotti discreetly accompanied the now 84-year-old renowned Austrian poetess - mostly alone, equipped just with a camera and a microphone - in the course of her working days, in her apartments and on her reading tours. One of the conditions for making the film was absolute consideration for the writer's life situation and her work rhythms, a condition that required a different approach. The fragile architecture in Mayröcker's apartment, for example, did not in any way permit the deployment of the usual camera and lighting equipment.
"I didn't allow myself an interpretation," says Carmen Tartarotti "but just stuck to the nuances in her voice, a quiet laugh, a deep breath, long pauses, questions, the echo of silence. [...] Writing and Silence is not a biographical film [...] but a reality per se."
Not that Friederike Mayröcker is a character who would obey the rules of the media anyway. In the light of her charisma, most categories simply disappear. Which is why the film is no ordinary portrait but instead develops its own irresistible charm.