No. 18: Mahagonny
1980 | 141m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Harry Smith |
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| Writer: | Bertolt Brecht |
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| Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1929) for over ten years and considered it his magnum opus. The film was shot from 1970 to 1972 and edited for the next eight years. The “program” of the film is meticulous, with a complex structure and order. The Weill opera is transformed into a numerological and symbolic system. Images in the film are divided into categories— portraits, animation, symbols and nature— to form the palindrome P.A.S.A.N.A.S.A.P. The film contains invaluable cameos of important avant-garde figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and Jonas Mekas, intercut with installation pieces from Robert Mapplethorpe’s studio, New York City landmarks of the era, and Smith’s visionary animation. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 13, 1980 |
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| Director: | Harry Smith |
| Writer: | Bertolt Brecht |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | brecht |
| Production Companies | Harry Smith Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Patti Smith | |
| Allen Ginsberg | |
| Lotte Lenya | voice |
| Jonas Mekas | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe |
| Name | Job |
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| Harry Smith | Director |
| Kurt Weill | Music |
| Bertolt Brecht | Writer |
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