Release Date
Original Release
November 14, 1999
1h 0m
Balkan Baroque (1999)
Overview
Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. Rather than a mechanical reproduction of the artist's work, the film tries to create a new reality by translating the performances into cinematographic images that intensify the fictional context of the film. Abramovic plays herself, but ,appearing in multiple forms, blurs her own identity. Memories and fantasies intermingle with day to day rituals. The chronological narrative often breaks to reflect the interior voyage of the protagonist from the present to the past and back to the present. The result is a visually impressive film. Balkan Baroque had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 1999.
Director
Pierre Coulibeuf
Department: Directing
Cast
Marina Abramović
Self
Paolo Canevari
Self
Ulay
Self
Michel Butor
Self
Pedro Canevari
Self
Alexander Godschalk
Self
Sean Kelly
Self
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