Det umuliges kunst
I 1964 startet den italienske innvandreren Eugenio Barba Odin Teatret i et tilfluktsrom i Oslo. I dag er de et av verdens mest kjente gruppeteatre, og Barba regnes som en av det moderne teatrets store fornyere. De har hele verden som spilleplass, og har gjort den lille danske byen Holstebro berømt som kulturby.
Men hva er det som driver ham, og hvorfor mener han at kultur er noe av det viktigste man kan kjempe for? Hvordan klarer han å få en gruppe til å skape sammen over så lang tid, og hvordan blir det å vende tilbake til Norge, hvor det hele startet?
The Art of the Impossible
In 1964, the Italian immigrant Eugenio Barba started Odin Teatret in an air-raid shelter in Oslo. Two years later, his company was invited to settle in Holstebro, then known as “the most boring city in Denmark”. Today, Holstebro is known as ”the city of culture”. Odin Teatret is one of the world’s oldest and most famous theatre companies. It has altered established ideas about where and how theatre is performed, and how performances may emerge out of the actors’ craft and creativity.
Elsa Kvamme’s documentary The Art of the Impossible deals with the unique story of Eugenio Barba, who came to Norway as an immigrant before anyone had heard the word ”pizza”. Today Barba is known as one of the main innovators within modern performing arts. He has conceived unforgettable performances, as well as concepts like “potlach” and “the third theatre”. He also has a special method to make the group renew itself by regularly initiating “earthquakes” which change the rules within the troupe. And one year he left the group himself, in order to live on a dollar a day.
Details
Release Date: 2018-11-03
Type: Documentary
Length: 59 min
Crew
Director: Elsa Kvamme
Screenplay: Elsa Kvamme
DoP: Tore Vollan, Nils-Petter Lotherington
Editor: Claire Coriat, Erik Thorvald Aster
Composer: Henning Sommerro
Producer: Alert Film
Co-producer: NRK
Fundings
Fritt Ord
Norsk Kulturråd
Viken Filmsenter
Bergensenstiftelsen
Fond for lyd og bilde
Den Vestdanske Filmpulje
Kulturstafett / Crowdfunding