Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg · German film director · 1935

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Dominique Pagani mentions Syberberg mainly for his filmed staging of Parsifal, which he cites as early as 2017 along with Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King, his film about Ludwig II1. In 2022, and then in the 2024 sessions devoted to Wagner, he comes back to it often. He sees it as a baroque film in the proper sense, made of collages, and one of the few to show a young Parsifal, as Wagner wanted2. In his view, the images follow Wagner's directions. He stresses that it is not a filmed opera but a real film, with dubbed singers, made by someone with a deep knowledge of Wagner and of Germany3. He notes the wealth of material, the domain of the Grail cluttered with rubble4, and the way the film captures the work's symbolic profusion5. He screens the first act in a session and says he will return to the kiss scene, where the wound is put on display. He speaks of the work of an "absolute filmmaker": its fantastical side can be disputed, but it is never mediocre6.

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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (German:; born 8 December 1935) is a German film director, whose best known film is his lengthy feature Hitler: A Film from Germany.

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Cycle 12 · 4 Jun 2024The matrix of all illusion: the past lived as present

20:48His filmed staging of the first act is screened.
28:15Does absolute filmmaker's work; his fantastical side may be contested, but it is never mediocre.
2:08:53His version of the kiss scene will be revisited, with an exhibition of the wound.

Cycle 12 · 30 May 2024From fidelity to grace: from substance to subject

11:44He made a true film of Parsifal, with dubbed singers, with a profound knowledge of Wagner and Germany; a staging worth recommending.
12:33Ludwig, Requiem for a Virgin KingDirector of a film about Ludwig II.

Cycle 12 · 1 Apr 2024The quest for the Grail, sanctimony or sacrilege?

1:29:47His film is not a filmed opera; it is rich in materials, and the domain of the Grail is cluttered with rubble in it.

Cycle 11 · 12 Dec 2022Hesitation fascinated by hearing and by sight: Siegfried and Perceval

24:17A baroque film in the proper sense, made of collages; one of the few to show a young Parsifal, as Wagner wanted.
52:22Images consistent with Wagner's instructions.

Cycle 12 · 21 Apr 2024Saving the saviour? Redemption, the end of the cycle or its new beginning?

22:55His filmed staging captured the symbolic profusion of the work.

Cycle 4 · 12 Nov 2017#4.2 Angélique (by Nerval)

59:15Author of a filmed staging of Parsifal and of Ludwig, requiem for a virgin king.