Syberberg

What Dominique Pagani says

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.

1. 1#4.2 Angélique (de Nerval)12 Nov 2017 · 59:15
2. 2L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 24:17
3. 3De la fidélité à la grâce - De la substance au Sujet30 May 2024 · 11:44
4. 4La quête du Graal, bondieuserie ou sacrilège ?1 Apr 2024 · 1:29:47
5. 5Sauver le sauveur ? La rédemption - fin du cycle ou son recommencement ?21 Apr 2024 · 22:55
6. 6La matrice de toute illusion : le passé vécu comme présent4 Jun 2024 · 28:15

Summary produced automatically from 10 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.