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The Ister

The Ister film poster
Directed by David Barison
Daniel Ross
Starring Bernard Stiegler
Jean-Luc Nancy
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Release date(s) January 23, 2004, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Running time 189 minutes

The Ister is a 2004 film directed by David Barison and Daniel Ross. Daniel Ross may refer to Daniel Ross (American actor Daniel Ross (Australian philosopher and filmmaker Daniel Ross Bernard Stiegler (born April 1, 1952) is a French Philosopher and Director of the Department of Cultural Development at the Centre Jean-Luc Nancy (born July 26, 1940) is a French philosopher. Nancy's first book published in 1973 was Le titre de la lettre Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ( March 6, 1940, Tours &ndash January 27 2007, Paris) was a French philosopher Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born December 8 1935) is a German Film director, whose best known film is his lengthy feature Hitler The International Film Festival Rotterdam ( IFFR) is an annual Film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Daniel Ross (born 1970 is an Australian philosopher and filmmaker.

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The Ister was inspired by a 1942 lecture course delivered by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, published in 1984 as Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister«. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Heidegger ( September 26, 1889 &ndash May 26, 1976) (ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈhaɪ̯dɛgɐ was an influential German philosopher Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" ( Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister«) is the title given to a lecture course delivered by German philosopher Martin Heidegger Heidegger's lecture course concerns a poem by the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin about the Danube River. Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (ˈjoːhan ˈkrɪstiaːn ˈfriːdrɪç 'hœldərliːn in German March 20, 1770 &ndash June 6, 1843 The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj

The film The Ister travels upstream along the Danube toward its source, as several interviewees discuss Heidegger, Hölderlin, and philosophy. The film is also concerned with a number of other themes, including: time, poetry, technology, home, war, politics, myth, National Socialism, the Holocaust, the ancient Greek polis, Sophocles, Antigone, Agnes Bernauer, Edmund Husserl, the 1991 battle of Vukovar, and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt A home is a place of Residence or Refuge. It is usually a place where an individual or a family can rest in and be able to store Personal property. War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions See also Mythology Myth is derived from the Greek word μύθος mythos, which simply means 'story' Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as A polis ( πόλις, pronunciation, in English-- plural poleis ( πόλεις, pronunciation, in English --is a City, a Sophocles (ˈsɒfəkliːz Ancient Greek, sopʰoklɛ̂ːs circa Agnes Bernauer (c 1410 &ndash October 12, 1435) was the commoner wife of Albert III Duke of Bavaria. Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (ˈhʊsɛrl April 8 1859 – April 26 1938) was a philosopher, known as the father of The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day Siege of the Croatian city of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA supported by various Serbian The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (code-named Operation Allied Force) was NATO 's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that

Interviewees

The Ister features extensive interviews with the French philosophers Bernard Stiegler, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, as well as with the German film director Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. Bernard Stiegler (born April 1, 1952) is a French Philosopher and Director of the Department of Cultural Development at the Centre Jean-Luc Nancy (born July 26, 1940) is a French philosopher. Nancy's first book published in 1973 was Le titre de la lettre Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe ( March 6, 1940, Tours &ndash January 27 2007, Paris) was a French philosopher Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born December 8 1935) is a German Film director, whose best known film is his lengthy feature Hitler Other interviews are conducted with a bridge engineer (Nemanja Calic), an amateur botanist (Tobias Maier), and a Romanian archaeologist (Alexandru Suceveanu).

The version of the DVD available outside North America also contains an extended interview with philosopher Werner Hamacher. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Werner Hamacher (born 1948 is a German literary critic and theorist influenced by Deconstruction.

Locations

The film travels upriver: from the Danube Delta, opening onto the Black Sea in Romania, to the source of the river in the Black Forest of southern Germany, moving along the way through the Histria (Sinoe) archaeological site, through Novi Sad in Serbia, Vukovar in Croatia, Budapest, Dunaföldvár, and Dunaújváros in Hungary, and Vienna and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria. The Danube Delta ( Romanian: Delta Dunării; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest delta The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Ancient Histria or Istros (Ιστριη Thracian river god, Danube was a Greek colony or polis (πολις city on the Black Sea coast Novi Sad ( Cyrillic: Нови Сад 'nɔviː 'saːd; Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Vukovar is a city and municipality in eastern Croatia, and the biggest River Port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna county Hungary. Dunaújváros ( Dunapentele, 1951&ndash1961 Sztálinváros; Croatian: Pantel(ija) is a city in Central Hungary, along the Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Mauthausen Concentration Camp (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Also featured are the Walhalla temple near Regensburg, the Befreiungshalle at Kelheim, the tomb of Agnes Bernauer, and the castle at Sigmaringen to which Marshal Pétain fled in 1945. The Walhalla Hall of Fame and Honor is a neo-classical Hall of fame located on the Danube River 10 km east of Regensburg, in Bavaria Regensburg ( also Ratisbon, Ratisbona Řezno originally Castra Regina) is a City (population 131000 in 2007 in Bavaria, Germany The Befreiungshalle ( "Hall of Liberation") is an historical classical monument upon Mount Michelsberg above the city of Kelheim in Bavaria, Kelheim is a municipality in Bavaria, capital of the district Kelheim. Agnes Bernauer (c 1410 &ndash October 12, 1435) was the commoner wife of Albert III Duke of Bavaria. Sigmaringen Castle ( German: Schloss Sigmaringen) was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Sigmaringen is a Town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951 generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain ( Maréchal Pétain)

Notable places from Heidegger's own life which feature in the film include his birthplace in Meßkirch, his hut at Todtnauberg, and the lecture theatre at Freiburg University where he delivered his infamous rectorate address. Meßkirch is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Todtnauberg is a town and also a hill ("berg" means hill in Germany 's Black Forest where German Philosopher Martin Heidegger had

Eventually the film arrives at Donaueschingen, and at the Breg and the Brigach, the two tributaries whose confluence marks the point at which the river becomes known as the Danube. Donaueschingen is a German town in the southwest of the federal state Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar District near the confluence The Breg is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the right-side and longer one of the two streams that form the river Danube. Brigach is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The shorter of the two streams that form the river Danube, Brigach has its source at 925 metres The film then travels upstream along the Breg, past Vöhrenbach and Furtwangen, in search of the "true" mountain source of the Danube. Vöhrenbach is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Furtwangen im Schwarzwald is a small city located in the Black Forest region of south western Germany.

Structure

The Ister is divided into five chapters, plus a prologue and epilogue:

Premiere and awards

The Ister premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 23, 2004. The International Film Festival Rotterdam ( IFFR) is an annual Film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands at the It has won two awards:

Reviews

External links

Philip French (born 1933 is a British Film Critic and former Radio producer. Jim Hoberman (born 1948 also known as J Hoberman is a prominent American Film critic. Dr Adrian Martin is an Australian Film critic from Melbourne.
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