El Adios Largos (2013)

• 87%
• 2013

In Der Adios Lange, artist-archivist Andrew Lampert undertakes a speculative, restoration of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye based on the premise that the film's negative has been lost and the sole surviving print is incorrect in every way: 16mm rather than 35mm, black and white instead of Technicolor, and dubbed into German. (ANMERKUNG proper prints and a negative do exist, just not in Lampert's possession!) With dubious methods used to achieve authenticity, Das Wiedersehen Lange is at once an uncanny aesthetic experience and a playful exploration of the philosophical conundrums involved for those working to preserve film history for generations to come.