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Day Is Done (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Day Is Done' is an autobiographical fiction film by Swiss director Thomas Imbach. The film was first shown at the Berlinale 2011. 'Day is Done' combines answering machine messages with the view out of Imbach's studio over a period of 15 years, creating a fictive life story of the figure T, formed by the biographical material of the director. 'Day is Done' was part of different international festivals, such as Planete + Doc Film Warsaw in Mai 2011, the Jerusalem Film Festival in July 2011, the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Japanese Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival or the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2011. He won the Zurich Film Award 2011 and the Swiss Film Award, "Quartz for Best Music as well as the "Honorable Mention of the Millenium Award Jury of the Planete+Doc Festival.
Reception
Day Is Done becomes, among other things, a poetic but also wryly humorous study of the selfish artist trying to play the indifferent God, but ending up revealing himself as all too human. () Day Is Done contains images of ravishing though unconventional urban beauty. Screen Daily, 14.02.11
In his film Thomas Imbach looks out of his window - and sees the world. An evocative maelstrom of great power emerges in the course of nearly two hours. Der Tagesspiegel, 15.02.2011
Thomas Imbachs Day is Done answers its questions in large-format, brilliantly, persuasively, humorously, gently and, above all, cinematically. Its an autobiographical movie, a documentary about Zurich; its a study of the weather in Switzerland; its a love letter to the answering machine - its simply marvelous. Film und Kritik, Blog, 15.02.2011
A captivating movie of tantalizing visual appeal that transcends the personal and embraces the universal flow of time. Der Landbote, 16.02.2011
Thomas Imbach has set the world on fire in Day Is Done; constantly shifting between closeness and distance, his personal approach transforms the banalities of everyday life into a larger-than-life picture of his protagonist. Negativ Film, 13.02.2011
Thomas Imbach, ,movie designer of urban and unconventional beauty has hypnotized the sophisticated and demanding audiences of this years Berlinale with his film Day Is Done. An avant-garde film whose pleasure lies in discovering the deeper sense that lies in the audiovisual banality of the every day. Kult, Milan, April 2011
The film, of a touching lyricism (supported by the wonderful versions of Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett and John Frusciante, among others) is also visceral (Imbach is pretty merciless with himself) and fascinating. One of the big films of this years BAFICI.Otros Cines, April 2011
Day Is Done is an eerie film of a very particular cinematography and emotionality. A not common experience of denudation makes this film memorable. Una crtica por da, 23.04.2011
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