{"product_id":"peter-liechti-dedications-9783858817761","title":"Peter Liechti - Dedications","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jolanda Gsponer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film \u0026amp; Video\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Liechti (1951-2014) was a Swiss filmmaker, director, and cinematographer. When he died after a long illness in 2014, he left behind a body of work comprising more than twenty movies, many of which have been shown at film festivals worldwide. For \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Insects--Record of a Mummy\u003c\/i\u003e, he was awarded the 2009 European Film Award for Best Documentary. \u003ci\u003eDedications \u003c\/i\u003ewas his last--and unfinished--project, started when he was already suffering from terminal illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although Liechti's original intention with \u003ci\u003eDedications\u003c\/i\u003e was a trilogy dedicated to Vincent van Gogh, the Swiss writer Robert Walser, and the unknown \"Sudanese Chief,\" Yet rapid progress of his illness caused him to revise this idea and, instead, \u003ci\u003eDedications \u003c\/i\u003ebecame a dense personal project rooted in the filmmaker's current state. Although Liechti passed in 2014 before he could complete \u003ci\u003eDedications, \u003c\/i\u003e his companion and working partner Jolanda Gsponer has assembled the work in three parts in keeping with his wishes\u003ci\u003e. \"\u003c\/i\u003ePart One\" is a reading by the filmmaker from the diary he kept during his hospital stays. In \"Part Two,\" Gsponer and Liechti's former collaborators present the raw materials for \u003ci\u003eDedications, \u003c\/i\u003e conceived and designed in collaboration with renowned Swiss contemporary artist Yves Netzhammer and traveling to film festivals around the world. \"Part Three\" offers the full text of Liechti's diary illustrated with one-hundred film stills. Together, the book and DVD pay tribute to this filmmaker whose contribution to European film culture is of immense value.","brand":"Scheidegger and Spiess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890362007703,"sku":"9783858817761","price":3206.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783858817761.webp?v=1781179689","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/peter-liechti-dedications-9783858817761","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}