Silence = Death is a 1990 documentary film directed, written, and produced by Rosa von Praunheim (in cooperation with Phil Zwickler). The film received international resonance.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Screenplay by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Produced by | Rosa von Praunheim Michael Lupetin |
| Starring | Allen Ginsberg Keith Haring David Wojnarowicz Paul Smith Rafael Gamba Peter Kunz Don Moffett Bern Boyle Emilio Cubeiro |
| Cinematography | Mike Kuchar |
| Edited by | Rosa von Praunheim Mike Shephard |
Production company | Rosa Von Praunheim Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Countries | United States West Germany |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThe film centers on the responses of gay artists in New York City to the AIDS crisis. The film's protagonists include David Wojnarowicz, Rafael Gamba, Paul Smith, Peter Kunz, Allen Ginsberg, Don Moffett, Bern Boyle, Keith Haring and Emilio Cubeiro.[3]
Production notes
editSilence = Death is the second part of Rosa von Praunheim's AIDS-Trilogy.
Awards
edit- 1990: Queer Film Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival (together with Positive)[4]
Reception
editThe Guardian wrote in 1992: "Silence = Death and Positive: The best AIDS films to date."[5] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "In short, Praunheim is just the man for the job he has taken on with Silence = Death and Positive: he has the breadth of vision, the compassion and the militance and, yes, the sense of humor necessary to tackle the AIDS epidemic in all its aspects."[6] Critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote: "Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as Silence & Death and A Virus Knows No Morals."[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1990). "Review/Film; Of AIDS, Frustration And Fury". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ Bell, Chris (2006). "American AIDS Film". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 1880707012. p. 109
- ^ "Berlin International Film Festival (1990)". IMDb.
- ^ "Catalog: Sixteenth International San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". Frameline Film Festival, 1992. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "Playing the fool". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (University of California) - The Record, 1995. Retrieved 2022-04-20.