Alaska

Memories of the bodies of others, a look at one's own body: 'A dream of myself, the consequences of the act with society', as Dore O. described her film, which features a soundtrack composed of droning violin, blow dryer and assorted sounds taken from the 'Concord Sonata' by Charles Ives.

'Dore O.'s "Alaska" is a beautiful film, which makes us suspicious of it. Alas, beauty has a catch. It is only the surface, behind which dread and fear are concealed. For Dore O. beauty is a part of reality. For her there exists a beauty of fear, as for Genet there exists a beauty of murder. Alaska is a filmed dream, one without crude metaphors borrowed from psychoanalysis that rationalise the dream and open it up to interpretation. Alaska is a film that resists all interpretation, insisting on being experienced instead.' Klaus Bädekerl, Filmkritik 5/1969

Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)