In 1990, Robert Kramer receives a Ford Foundation grant and spends six months in Berlin, where he records an hour-long single video shot in his apartment bathroom, reflecting alone on the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Directors
- Robert Kramer
- Genre
- Documentary
- Release date
- 1990-01-01
Filmmaker Robert Kramer used a 1990 Ford Foundation grant to spend six months in Berlin, creating an hour-long single-take video in his apartment bathroom for a festival. Facing the camera, he reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the upheaval in Eastern Europe, which he compares to a hurricane. He notes Berlin as a place where change is most palpable and where Polish immigrants and others escaping arrive, predicts the city will become very violent, and draws a parallel to the end of the American Civil War, while also acknowledging Germany's wartime past on every level.
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