Carmen

A documentary about the wondrous passion of Carmen Martinek, who takes movie theaters as her lovers. (Anja Salomonowitz) "Sometimes I think that the cinema understands me."(Carmen Dido Martinek)
She sees herself as being involved in a libidinous relationship with the cinema. Carmen does a little of everything at ViennaŽs Schikaneder cinema: She cleans and caresses it, and runs the projector. She strokes its seats and even sleeps there after long nights at the bar. It is, she admits, just like being with a person you couldnŽt live without. Anja Salomonowitz made a quiet little film about Carmen, observing her as...