Heinz Emigholz
«The Cynical Body»

Five people leaf through the notebooks of their deceased friend Roy, reconstructing their common past: the writer Carl; his roommate, the photographer Liza; the architect Jon, for whom Liza takes pictures; the draftsman Fred, with whom Carl played out situations found in his novel; and the tranlator Bela, who collects Freudian slips.
The essay, in feature-film length, deals with buildings, landscapes, and bodies as well as with love between bi-, hetero-, and homosexuals. It can be seen as a visual and staged history of culture and of film and was produced with the cooperation of many friends, including Wolfang Müller and Nikolaus Utermöhlen of 'Tödlichen Doris' (Deadly Doris).

Rudolf Frieling