Balkan Baroque
Marina Abramovic Performance
Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. Rather than a mechanical reproduction of the artist's work, the film tries to create a new reality by translating the performances into cinematographic images that intensify the fictional context of the film. Abramovic plays herself, but ,appearing in multiple forms, blurs her own identity. Memories and fantasies intermingle with day to day rituals. The chronological narrative often breaks to reflect the interior voyage of the protagonist from the present to the past and back to the present. The result is a visually impressive film. Balkan Baroque had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 1999.
Directed by Pierre Coulibeuf · Written by Marina Abramović
Cast
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Marina Abramović Self - Paolo Canevari Self
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Ulay Self -
Michel Butor Self - Pedro Canevari Self
- Alexander Godschalk Self
- Sean Kelly Self
Make it a double feature
2h 43m together
Balkan Baroque
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A close match in mood and era.
