Shirley - Visions of Reality
The film uses 13 cinematically vivified paintings by Edward Hopper to tell the story of a woman who lives in a reality she doesn’t accept as given but rather as a made up and changeable construct and who sticks to her convictions in moments of truth. “While Shirley and her partner Stephen, a photo journalist for the ‘New York Post’, share an apartment on only two occasions during these three decades, their private and professional lives are deeply connected: unemployment as a result of the depression, disappointment after the betrayal of Group Theatre members in front of the Mccarthy committee, repressions as a result of the politically-minded theatre, career retirement as a result of ill partners, loss of partners, retirement to the countryside and questioning of the effectiveness of art, emigration to Europe – personal destinies that are pursued in front of and influenced by worldchanging events, cultural revolutions and socio-political upheavals. History is made up of personal stories.” (Gustav Deutsch)
In the presence of Gustav Deutsch and team members.
- Stephanie Cumming - Shirley
- Christoph Bach - Stephen
- Florentin Groll
- Elfriede Irrall
- Tom Hanslmaier
- Gustav Deutsch
- Jerzy Palacz
- Christoph Amann
- Gustav Deutsch
- Christian Fennesz
- David Sylvian
- Hanna Schimek
- Gustav Deutsch
- Mija t. Rosa
EastWest Filmdistribution