Debut documentary film essay and initial film work of Joachim Polzer from 1985.
A meditation on what's important in life
plus a study in film editing and in human voice montage.
You may notice paragons and inspirations from Berry Bermanges' "Four Inventions for Radio" from 1964/1965, from movies like "Sans Soleil" (1983) or "My Dinner With André" (1981), which made a great impression on Joachim Polzer at the time.
"Alles ist gut" was one of the first films shot in Germany in Super 16 film gauge utilizing a modified "ARRI 16 SR" film camera from Arnold & Richter in Munich. (Please note the camera scratching the emulsion on the boarder-section between the Regular16 and Super16 film frame hence producing a lot of dust particles, too!.)
HD-Remastered from original elements (from the original camera negative and from the original audio tape recordings) in 2014 for the 30th anniversary of this debut work. Retouching work was done in soft mode to perserve the film's material character (grain, scratches, splices etc.) In other words: This remastering was not done in "retouching to death" mode and is not intended to be.
Credits
Westberlin (West-Germany, Federal Republic of Germany) 1985. Director, Editor and Producer: Joachim Polzer. Cinematography: Markus Bollen. Participants: Anand Nirjan, Robin Berthold, Irina Bohn, Helmut Bollen, Johannes Bollen, Matthias Bollen, Martin Drescher, Lars Fiedler, Uwe Gleibs, Ken O. Hamilton, Ulrich Harings, Peter Hein, Thomas Juergens, Anita Josephine König, Nicole König, Simone König, Gertraude Krüger, Jack N. Mohr, Christiane Morscheck, Miloš Navratil, Burkhard Niesert, Norbert Pintsch, Vera Raudzis, Manfred Rogge, Senta Siller, Christiane Weber-Ollk. Film Gauge Negative: Super-16, Black & White, Presentation Format and Aspect Radio: 16mm, WideScreen 1:1,66, Black & White, optical or magnetic sound, German original langauge, 162 Meters length / 15 Minutes runtime @ 24 fps. – Original Film Lab: Film 16 Rings, Film Stock: ORWO NP55 and Ilford HP5 (@ 1600 ISO)– HD-Filmscan by Screenshot Berlin, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Audio-Digitization (@ 96 kHz, 24 bit) proceeded on a STUDER A807 magnetic tape reproducer (1/4"), reel to reel. – Audio Software: Audacity V 2.0.5 and Sound Studio V.3.6.1 – Video Editing Software: Final Cut Pro V. 7.0.3, Working Codec: ProRes HD422 10bit, Encoding for distribution: H264 by MPEG Streamclip and MPEG2 by Apple Compressor V.3x
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