From their first film in 1963, Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet distinguished themselves as two of Europe's most inventive, generous, and uncompromising filmmakers. From Machorka-Muff (1963) through These Encounters of Theirs (2006), and in the subsequent solo work of Jean-Marie Straub, they developed groundbreaking and unique approaches to film adaptation, performance, sound recording, cinematography, and translation in films made across Germany, Italy, and France - including such modern classics as The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1967), Moses and Aaron...
From their first film in 1963, Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet distinguished themselves as two of Europe's most inventive, generous, and uncompr...