Regie, Buch Elisa Mishto, Alexandre Powelz
BERLIN: Regie Produktion |
D 2022 | DOKFILM | 21 MIN | BERLIN-PREMIERE
KF 4 (i want to break free I rebellion)
MODERAT – THE LAST DAYS | TABU LA RASA |
STEVE | BEBEN
MODERAT – THE LAST DAYS
Synopsis
Nach 10 Jahren legt die Band MODERAT eine Pause ein: Gernot, Sascha und Szary vertrauen uns ihre Ängste und Unsicherheiten an und stellen das Image von Männlichkeit in der Techno-Pop-Welt in Frage.
Uraufführung 64. DOK Leipzig
Regie, Buch Elisa Mishto, Alexandre Powelz mit Sascha Ring, Gernot Bronsert, Sebastian Szary Kamera Timon Schäppi, Elisa Mishto Schnitt Robert Stuprich Ton Daniel Nentwig Musik Moderat Animation Florian Sebald Koproduzentin Elisa Mishto Produzent Helmut Hartl Produktion Embassy of Dreams
Bio
Elisa Mishto *in Reggio Emilia, Italien, lebt seit 2000 in Berlin. Sie studierte Kommunikationswissenschaften und von 2007-2009 Spielfilm an der Goldsmiths University in London. / Alexandre Powelz *in München, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin und Porto. Er studierte Literatur und Medien in Düsseldorf sowie Drehbuchschreiben an der International Film School, Köln.
Regiekommentar
Despite my long-lasting relationship with the band, it took me a while to see behind the surface of Moderat well-rehearsed image of the Berlin supergroup. To somebody like me, coming from a feminist background, it seemed that the idea of gender roles in the music business was quite retrograde: men perform in the forefront, while women, most of the time, assist behind the scenes.
Only when I went on tour with the band for a couple of concerts, my image of the group start to change. An all-men crew on tour is one of the most intense examples of male friendship. It’s a web of relationships that has so many more facets and is much more complex than I expected. It fascinated and surprised me. And so it happened that I ended up making a movie about male friendship at a moment in which women in movies were the most exciting subject of discussion.
This documentary about Moderat has as much to say about the artists‘ music and their way of working. But more than that, it’s about what kind of men they are. What they want and what they fear. What they already understood and what they are still struggling to cope with. The image they created for themselves allows them to climb mountains but also confines them like a straight jacket. Observing them in their strength and weakness, in their hopes and doubts, in their explosion of power and unexpected moments of tenderness has been challenging but also a fascinating insight into the world of modern men.