Lights from Afar
Lichter aus dem Hintergrund
Germany
1998
96 Min
Black and White
1.85:1
German
The “creative destruction” of Berlin into a showcase of governmental power and architectural modernism provides the setting for this documentary portrait of photographer Robert Paris and his more famous mother, Helga Paris. Their stills, combined with Lars Barthel’s cinematography and “Conny” Bauer’s score, offer a haunting commentary on the post- Berlin Wall era.—University of Massachusetts Amherst