{"id":866,"date":"2017-08-30T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/?page_id=866"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:38:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T16:38:40","slug":"press-commentary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/press-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Pressestimmen&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<h2>PRESSESTIMMEN<\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Zeile&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Knut Elstermann&#8221; author=&#8221;Knut Elstermann&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Radio Eins vom RBB&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>A totally new way of seeing, both in terms of the film, which is a visual work of art, and the artworks themselves \u2013 I have never seen anything quite like it. (Radio broadcast, in German)<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-866-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shot-in-the-dark-radio-eins.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shot-in-the-dark-radio-eins.mp3\">https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shot-in-the-dark-radio-eins.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;swr %22kunscht%22&#8243; author=&#8221;Niko Vialkowitsch&#8221; company_name=&#8221;SWR&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yCqbPtv6MrA&#8221;]\n<p>The film is a perfect success. Astonishing and electrifying. (TV broadcast, in German)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-866-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4\">https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Deutschlandfunk Sin&#8221; author=&#8221;Adalbert Siniawski&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Deutschlandfunk&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.deutschlandfunk.de\/dokumentation-shot-in-the-dark-der-ton-ist-essenziell-bei.807.de.html?dram:article_id=376685&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>It was a revelation for me. (Radio broadcast, in German)<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-866-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dokumentation-Shot-in-the-dark-Der-Ton-ist-essenziell-bei-.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dokumentation-Shot-in-the-dark-Der-Ton-ist-essenziell-bei-.mp3\">https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dokumentation-Shot-in-the-dark-Der-Ton-ist-essenziell-bei-.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Berliner Zeitung&#8221; author=&#8221;J\u00f6rg Wimalasena&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Berliner Zeitung&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.berliner-zeitung.de\/kultur\/film\/blinde-fotografen-wenn-das-augenlicht-zum-hindernis-wird-25529172&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>With his moving portrait, Frank Amann has succeeded in questioning the connection between visual aesthetics and optical perception.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Neues Deutschland&#8221; author=&#8221;Jana Reimann-Grohs&#8221; company_name=&#8221;Neues Deutschland&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.neues-deutschland.de\/artikel\/1039059.poetischer-schuss-ins-dunkle.html&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>Let us start by bringing the accessibility of the intellect into the discussion on blind imagination.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;TAZ&#8221; author=&#8221;taz.plan&#8221; company_name=&#8221;TAZ&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.taz.de\/Filmpremiere\/!5372865\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]\n<p>In \u2018Shot in the Dark\u2019 the artists become the sighted, while the viewer is forced to recognize that he is often in the dark \u2013 without even knowing it.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung&#8221; author=&#8221;Jonathan Horstmann&#8221; company_name=&#8221;S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/kultur\/filmstarts-der-woche-welche-kinofilme-sich-lohnen-und-welche-nicht-1.3337797-11&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; 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An equally fascinating and touching portrait of three exceptional artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESSESTIMMEN A totally new way of seeing, both in terms of the film, which is a visual work of art, and the artworks themselves \u2013 I have never seen anything quite like it. (Radio broadcast, in German) The film is a perfect success. Astonishing and electrifying. (TV broadcast, in German) <div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-866-2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4\">https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Shot-in-the-Dark-im-Kino-Kunscht_S.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div> It&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/press-commentary\/\">Continue Reading<span> Press Commentary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-866","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark-film.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}