Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet [electronic resource] : My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker /
Wahl, Jan.
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,
2012.
Regarded by many filmmakers and critics as one of the greatest directors in cinema history, Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889--1968) achieved worldwide acclaim after the debut of his masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), which was named the most influential film of all time at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 1955 Dreyer granted twenty-three-year-old American student Jan Wahl the extraordinary opportunity to spend a unique and unforgettable summer with him during the filming of Ordet (The Word [1955]). Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danis
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Regarded by many filmmakers and critics as one of the greatest directors in cinema history, Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889--1968) achieved worldwide acclaim after the debut of his masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), which was named the most influential film of all time at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 1955 Dreyer granted twenty-three-year-old American student Jan Wahl the extraordinary opportunity to spend a unique and unforgettable summer with him during the filming of Ordet (The Word [1955]). Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Pastries at Rungsted -- Small room with a view -- Sardines and cigars -- Lambs in the front yard -- A feeling for atmosphere -- The rain and the fiddle -- Magic of the lens -- Something about Jesus -- In the end is my beginning -- The word that crushes cliffs -- Leaves from a journal -- Did they catch the ferry? -- Afterword.
Description based on print version record.
Wahl, Jan.
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
Ordet (Motion picture)