Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker
Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker
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Abstract
Regarded by many filmmakers and critics as one of the greatest directors in cinema history, Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889-1968) achieved worldwide acclaim after the debut of his masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). Named the most influential film of all time at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the classic film and its legendary director still exert strong influence even today. In 1955, Jan Wahl, an American student, had the extraordinary opportunity at the age of twenty to spend a unique and unforgettable summer with Dreyer as the director filmed Ordet or The Word (1955). Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker is a captivating account of Wahl's time with the director, based on Wahl's daily journal accounts and transcriptions of his conversations with Dreyer. Offering a glimpse into the filmmaker's world, Wahl fashions a portrait of Dreyer as a man, mentor, friend, and director. Wahl's unique and charming account is supplemented by exquisite photos of the filming and by selections from Dreyer's papers, including his notes on film style, his introduction for the actors before the filming of Ordet, and a visionary lecture he delivered at Edinburgh. Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet details one student's remarkable experiences with a legendary director and the unlikely bond formed over a summer.
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Front Matter
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Introduction
Wahl Jan
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Pastries at Rungsted
Wahl Jan
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Small room with a view
Wahl Jan
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Sardines and cigars
Wahl Jan
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Lambs in the front yard
Wahl Jan
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A feeling for atmosphere
Wahl Jan
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The rain and the fiddle
Wahl Jan
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Magic of the lens
Wahl Jan
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Something about Jesus
Wahl Jan
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In the end is my beginning
Wahl Jan
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The word that crushes cliffs
Wahl Jan
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Leaves from a journal
Wahl Jan
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Did they catch the ferry?
Wahl Jan
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Afterword
Wahl Jan
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End Matter
- Appendix A “Now the life will begin”: Dreyer's introduction for actors in the film
- Appendix B Plot Summary of Ordet
- Appendix C Letters from Denmark
- Appendix D Dreyer on color film
- Appendix E Dreyer's lecture at Edinburgh: “New Impulses”
- Appendix F Dreyer on film style
- Filmography: Feature Films
- Short Films
- Index
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