Boris Lehman
Babel : Lettre à mes amis restés en Belgique
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Add rightsFormat 3 x DVD Interzone, paperback book
Original format 16mm
Year 1991
Language(s) French
Artist(s) Boris Lehman
Author(s) Juliette Achard, Mario Brenta, Serge Daney, Messaline Raverdy, Boris van der Avoort
Subtitles English, German
Booklet 160 pages
Running time 380 min
Films
BABEL (LETTRES À MES AMIS RESTÉS EN BELGIQUE) (1983-1991) 380'
Description
FILM: Babel recounts the daily life of a filmmaker (Boris Lehman) wandering through his own city (Brussels), trying to leave for Mexico in the footsteps of Antonin Artaud, to visit the Tarahumara Indians. It is a film about friendship and intimacy, written in the first person, placing Boris and Brussels at the center of the universe, represented by the spiral of the mythical tower. It is the intimate diary and self-portrait of Boris Lehman, who stages himself and plays his own role on screen (like the hundred or so people who agreed to be "babelized").
BOOK: includes the complete voice-over, excerpts from the dialogues, five previously unpublished texts (Juliette Achard, Mario Brenta, Serge Daney, Messaline Raverdy, Boris van der Avoort), and 115 color illustrations (documents, film stills, drawings, manuscripts).
POSTER: to follow the filmmaker's journey through time and space in the film.