Brief Encounters. Epic Possibilities

Getting to know Kira Muratova

Arsenal Kino, 35mm 

With an hour and a half to while away between Zoologischer Garten and Potsdamer Platz, I skipped taking the U2 or the S7/S3/S9 or the 200 bus and walked in the rain through streets dotted with ugly embassies and bleak monuments. Sleek, gleaming functional buildings. Hotels. Chain restaurants. Grey, rainy, uninteresting. Lydia Tár country. 

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