Battle of vienna movie movie#
Release of DVD “Die Ära Kreisky” , which contains extensive archival materials as well as newly recorded interviews with witnesses.įor the third edition of Kino der Orte , the FAA screens films at seven defunct Viennese movie theaters, thus connecting urban history and film history. The program is a favorite with audiences.Īfter renting the floor directly above the historical theater, plans are drawn up for an expansion of the Metro Cinema. The FAA’s contribution to this year’s Viennale is Silent Masters, a program pairing classics of Austrian silent cinema with experimental live music. Publication of first installment (1896‒1918) of the Österreichische Filmografie. The project is awarded the Österreichische Solarpreis and the Lower Austrian prize for wooden buildings. September 28: Opening of the new nitrate film repository in Laxenburg, the world’s first archival edifice built entirely from wood and to passive-house standards. Copious commentaries on the primary sources are included to facilitate use in classrooms. Release of the DVD edition “Österreich-Box,” a boxed set of six DVDs containing over sixteen hours’ worth of original footage documenting Austria’s history. Selected Cinema Sessions are made available on DVD.
Battle of vienna movie archive#
Start of new presentational format Cinema Sessions: Austrian and international films from the archive are combined with contemporary live music, resulting in a new art form. Its design and the choice of materials make this archival building the first of its kind to be completely sustainable and energy efficient.
At the Viennale, the FAA presents the results of its research project Proletarian Cinema in Austria in the form of a film program, a book publication and a DVD edition.Ĭonstruction work on the nitrate film repository Laxenburg begins. In addition, a private sponsor is enlisted, who is willing to completely finance construction work to the amount of € 6,000,000. Eventually, however, the federal government comes down in favour of the Boys Choir’s project.Īt the Metro Cinema, the FAA for the first times pairs an Erich von Stroheim retrospective with a small exhibition dedicated to the famous director. The design proposed by architectural firm Delugan & Meissl attracts international attention. The chase that follows Lime’s appearance soon takes us into the Vienna sewers for one of cinema’s most renowned sequences.The FAA and the Viennale present Project Augarten Cinema as an alternative to the planned new concert hall for the Vienna Boys Choir. (Vienna Blood – mentioned earlier – has a homage to this scene in Episode 2 of Season 3.) That building is actually the north side of the renaissance Stallburg that houses the stallions of the Spanish Riding School and sits just off Michaelerplatz square. Officers lurk in the shadows around the base of the Vermählungsbrunnen fountain that’s popped up throughout the film.Īt one point we see a shadow of a man appear on the side of a building. This whole area suffered considerable damage during the war, so today’s square bears no resemblance to what you see in The Third Man. Martins waits for his friend in a café on Hoher Markt square. (The Stallburg, where the deceptive shadow appears)Ī few interior scenes later and we reach the final drama where the police use Martins as bait to bring Lime out into the open.
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