THE TRAIN STOP
Portrait
TRIPLE FEATURE
A collection of people, shadowy outlines, cowering together at that train stop, a station, waiting almost lifelessly, united in sleep. Only their breathing betrays their worldly existence. But what are they waiting for? Loznitsa communicates to us an elegy of standstill in which the impetus of movement is derived almost exclusively from the background noise, from sources not visible on the screen. Yet motion and standstill are peculiarly harmonious, while the contemplative camera forces us to wonder when humankind will wake up and leave that place.
POLUSTANOK / HALTEPUNKT
RUS 2000 / 25 min
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
- Cinematographer: Pavel Kostomarov
- Sound: Aleksandr Zakrzhevskiy
- Producer: Aleksandr Rafalovskiy
- Production Company: Studio OKNO - Russia,RTR Vitaliy Manskiy - Russia
- Rights Holder: Deckert Distribution - Germany
TRIPLE FEATURE
A collection of people, shadowy outlines, cowering together at that train stop, a station, waiting almost lifelessly, united in sleep. Only their breathing betrays their worldly existence. But what are they waiting for? Loznitsa communicates to us an elegy of standstill in which the impetus of movement is derived almost exclusively from the background noise, from sources not visible on the screen. Yet motion and standstill are peculiarly harmonious, while the contemplative camera forces us to wonder when humankind will wake up and leave that place.
A collection of people, shadowy outlines, cowering together at that train stop, a station, waiting almost lifelessly, united in sleep. Only their breathing betrays their worldly existence. But what are they waiting for? Loznitsa communicates to us an elegy of standstill in which the impetus of movement is derived almost exclusively from the background noise, from sources not visible on the screen. Yet motion and standstill are peculiarly harmonious, while the contemplative camera forces us to wonder when humankind will wake up and leave that place.
- Cinematographer: Pavel Kostomarov
- Sound: Aleksandr Zakrzhevskiy
- Producer: Aleksandr Rafalovskiy
- Production Company: Studio OKNO - Russia,RTR Vitaliy Manskiy - Russia
- Rights Holder: Deckert Distribution - Germany