This will ultimately help to pass on the information and stories of the Holocaust, especially to those who need to know it - the children and grandchildren of the Nazis. I'm trying to hold out the olive branch to the young Germans and see how they respond. I want my film and me, to be accepted in Germany - to be taken back by my father's people. If I can be taken back in, my father can too, and maybe the wound can be healed. In a way I hope my film, by delving into our hidden sadness, can help heal my father and let my family move through its grief.
Some images only exist momentarily, between the frames.
Its a very emotional and provocative style, open to suggestion, like dreams. Lush, painterly, moving, dense, mesmerizing, heavy, rich, and emotional are all words that have been used to describe Karl's new film, Raw Images From the Optic Cross. I'm looking for the most iconic part of an image for the collage. I have stories and feelings I'm hiding in the collages. The audience feels a dream logic and meaning just under the surface of the beautiful, swirling chaos.