Dancing Silhouettes. 1983.

(3/12/00)

This is a documentary on the work of Lotte Reininger. I didn't find it very interesting, but that could be because Reininger's silhouette films themselves don't interest me that much. The information could have been conveyed just as easily in a few paragraphs of print; I would have preferred spending the time watching some of Reininger's films.

Reininger herself appears on camera. She speaks with a thick accent which makes it difficult to hear everything she says. The film would have benefited from color. (I believe that enough of Reininger's work was in color to justify it.)

One touch I did like: after the credits there is a very nice shot of Lotte Reininger, smiling.