Carmen (1999)
A documentary about the wondrous passion of Carmen Martinek, who takes movie theaters as her lovers.Carmen does a little of everything at Vienna's Schikaneder cinema: She cleans and caresses it, and runs the projector. She strokes its seats and even sleeps there after long nights at the bar. It is, she admits, just like being with a person you couldnŽt live without. Anja Salomonowitz made a quiet little film about Carmen, observing her as she moves through the empty theater, as she puts in only brief appearances at home and immediately returns to the base station. After being forced to watch as her last theater was transformed into a supermarket, Carmen considers movie theaters to be erotic but also endangered environments.
Director: Anja Salomonowitz
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Carmen Martinek as Self |
| Camera | Hannes Anderwald | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Samir Zeciri | Music |
| Editing | Gregor Wille | Editor |
| Directing | Anja Salomonowitz | Director |
| Editing | Anja Salomonowitz | Editor |
| Sound | Helmut Kahlert | Music |
| Production | Anja Salomonowitz | Producer |
| Lighting | Thomas W. Kiennast | Lighting Artist |