Balkan baroque (1999)

Balkan Baroque

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.

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Marina Abramović
as Self

Paolo Canevari
as Self

Ulay
as Self

Michel Butor
as Self

Pedro Canevari
as Self

Alexander Godschalk
as Self

Sean Kelly
as Self

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Pierre Coulibeuf
Director

Chantal Delanoé
Producer

Veit Heiduschka
Producer

Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
Producer

Thierry Rouden
Editor

Eddy de Cloe
Sound Editor

Luc Pallet
Camera Technician

Marina Abramović
Writer

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