HARUN FAROCKI, ON DISPLAY/ PETER WEISS A PRODUCTION DOSSIER

Impressed by Peter Weiss novel The Aesthetics of Resistance, whose first volume had been published in 1975, Farocki planned to conduct a long TV interview with Weiss for the German public-broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Realizing the project took longer than hoped, but on June 17 and 18, 1979, the meeting finally took place in Weiss studio. On Display: Peter Weiss, the result of two days shooting, was broadcasted on October 19, 1979.Through the correspondence between Weiss, Farocki, and the editorial department of the WDR, a...[Read more]