Movies: Frank Arnold

In lots of myth, a hero must undergo a "Nachtmeerfahrt" in which he encounter mysterious creatures and dangerous events. The psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), himself made such an expedition to survey the world of symbols and archetypes, as...

A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other....

The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inco...

German-made documentary about Claude Dornier, the aeronautical engineer and founder of Dornier GmbH which built warplanes for Germany in both world wars. Dornier's descendants are interviewed....

Charlie Chaplin is still one of the most famous figures in film history, both in front of and behind the camera. However, one aspect of Chaplin's artistic work is little known: his work as a film composer. Dominik Wessely shows this side of the brill...

A look at the past, present and future of NATO, which has shaped Europe's security and defense policies since 1949....

Whether it's the appalling conditions in turkey fattening, the massive use of antibiotics in poultry farming or the improper killing of cattle - meat producers are under fire. In addition, feed exports from third world countries lead to hunger and mi...

Early German Romanticism was not only an era of great poetry, but also developed a spiritual world view that anticipated much of what people today seek in esotericism, shamanism and Far Eastern religion: the combination of thought and intuition, reas...

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Is 2012 threatening the end of the world? Are unforeseen disasters coming? Do ancient prophecies come true? Are the earthquakes, hurricanes, financial crises, uprisings and wars of our day the heralds of the end?...

In September 2015, the world of science experienced a sensation: researchers in the USA succeeded in proving the existence of gravitational waves for the first time in the history of physics. A milestone. This proof opens up a completely new perspect...

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Before Your Eyes – Vietnam (1982) is an unconventional essay film by Harun Farocki that interrogates the visual and ideological legacy of the Vietnam War. Blending staged scenes, archival footage, photographs, and philosophical dialogue, the film fol...