The Meadow

film type experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2007 runtime 30'00 colour
screening format DVD aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Englisch

THE MEADOW is a moving personality profile of stagnancy in the form of an endless ride through the night. By deconstructing and re-contextualizing various American film myths THE MEADOW draws an image of a nightmarish and hopeless situation of ones fear of the unknown.

director Bjørn Melhus Besetzung / Cast Bjørn Melhus Schnitt / Editing Bjørn Melhus Drehbuch / Script Bjørn Melhus Bildgestaltung / DOP Mike Jarmon Tongestaltung / Sound Design Max Schneider
Festivals
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Production
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
Distribution
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660
Sales
  • Bjørn Melhus
  • Straßburger Str. 58
  • 10405 Berlin
  • +49 30 28484660

Bjørn Melhus

Born 1966;
his work expands on the possibilities for a critical reception of cinema and TV;
Bjørn's practice of fragmentation, destruction and reconstitution of well-known figures, topics and strategies of the mass media opens up a network of new interpretations and critical commentaries

Filmography
1990 AMERICA SELLS
1991 DAS ZAUBERGLAS
1995 WEIT WEIT WEG
1997 NO SUNSHINE
1997 BLUE MOON
2001 THE ORAL THING
2003 AUTO CENTER DRIVE
2005 CAPTAIN
2007 THE MEADOW
2008 MURPHY
2009 HECHO EN MEXICO
2010 CENTER OF THE WORLD
2010 AFTERLIFE
2011 I’M NOT THE ENEMY
2011 DAS BADEZIMMER
2012 SUDDEN DESTRUCTION
2014 FREEDOM & INDEPENDENCE
2017 MOON OVER DA NANG
2020 SUGAR
2022 HOMESICK