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Intermezzo (2012) [N/A]

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Written by:
Roger Deutsch

Directed by:
Roger Deutsch


Release Date:
October 9, 2012

Original Title:
Intermezzo

Genres:
Romance

Production Companies:
Otto Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 23

Overview from TheMovieDB

A structuralist film about narrative structure, "Intermezzo" compresses five cinematic melodramas by compiling parallel fragments through a polyphonic over-lapping of time-frames, to foreground the meta-narrative behind the genre, yet remains a melodrama at heart. The motion pictures used are (in order of appearance) Gregory Ratoff: Intermezzo (1939), Douglas Sirk: Interlude (1957), John M. Stahl: When Tomorrow Comes (1939), David Lean: Summertime (1955) and Gustav Molander: Intermezzo (1936).

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Overview from Open Movies

Intermezzo condenses five classic melodramas by interspersing parallel fragments to uncover the master narrative of the 'romantic interlude' sub genre. The films polyphonic overlapping of time frames reveals how both dream and cinema act as intermezzi or escapes from quotidian existence.

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Intermezzo (2012) on IMDb

Production

Director:
Roger Deutsch

Editor:
Roger Deutsch

Producer:
Roger Deutsch

Writer:
Roger Deutsch

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