Staging Death (2022)

Name: Staging Death
Director: Jan Soldat
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-05-25
Duration: 8 min
Rating: N/A
Cast: Udo Kier

Documentary

Director: Jan Soldat

Cast: Udo Kier

N/A

Runtime8 min

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Udo Kier dies his way through film history. He screams, falls, lies, is cut into pieces, shot or commits suicide. Again and again his empty gaze, again and again his rigid body. In 54 years as an actor, Udo Kier played in more than 170 feature films, 120 series episodes and 50 short films. More than 70 times Udo Kier tried to give an expression to dying and death. In Staging Death, these representations of death merge into a montage of the most diverse shots, film formats, special effects and sound designs. "Directors are now thinking increasingly strained about what new ways they can kill me. […] At some point, somebody would have to make a montage of all my film deaths." Udo Kier (Interview Subway Magazine #145, December 1999)

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Fans of provocative documentary filmmaking and acclaimed actor Udo Kier will be captivated by the unique approach of 'Staging Death' (2022), which examines the many on-screen deaths Kier has portrayed over his 54-year career. Director Jan Soldat's montage of Kier's diverse depictions of dying offers a compelling and thought-provoking exploration of mortality in cinema.