“The old film is dead. We believe in the new one.”
— Oberhausen manifesto
In 1962, a group of young German film directors signed a manifesto at Oberhausen calling for a revival of the country’s cinema, and a shift away from the nostalgic, escapist German films of the 1950s. The group released their first feature films in 1966, most notably Alexander Kluger’s Yesterday Girl (Abschied von gestern). By the early 1970s, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder were leading a German new wave (das neue Kino) that lasted until Fassbinder’s death in 1982.
Yesterday Girl will be shown at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on 19th April, alongside Herzog’s epic Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), as part of a programme titled From Oberhausen Manifesto to New German Cinema (จาก Oberhausen Manifesto สู่ New German Cinema). The event is organised by Doc Club, which is currently arranging pop-up screenings at various venues after the closure of Doc Club and Pub.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God was previously shown in 2020 at Bangkok Screening Room, which was the original cinema in the location that eventually became Doc Club and Pub after BKKSR was itself forced to close in 2021. The Oberhausen manifesto is reprinted in Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures.
— Oberhausen manifesto
In 1962, a group of young German film directors signed a manifesto at Oberhausen calling for a revival of the country’s cinema, and a shift away from the nostalgic, escapist German films of the 1950s. The group released their first feature films in 1966, most notably Alexander Kluger’s Yesterday Girl (Abschied von gestern). By the early 1970s, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder were leading a German new wave (das neue Kino) that lasted until Fassbinder’s death in 1982.
Yesterday Girl will be shown at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on 19th April, alongside Herzog’s epic Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes), as part of a programme titled From Oberhausen Manifesto to New German Cinema (จาก Oberhausen Manifesto สู่ New German Cinema). The event is organised by Doc Club, which is currently arranging pop-up screenings at various venues after the closure of Doc Club and Pub.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God was previously shown in 2020 at Bangkok Screening Room, which was the original cinema in the location that eventually became Doc Club and Pub after BKKSR was itself forced to close in 2021. The Oberhausen manifesto is reprinted in Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures.
