Artemide’s Knee
Mourning the death of his partner and collaborator Danièle Huillet, Straub finds tender mercy in music and nature. Out of the abyss, Kathleen Ferrier sings “The Farewell” from Gustav Mahler’s “The Song of the Earth”, (which the composer wrote in 1909 after the death of his daughter) and Heinrich Schütz’s Lament on the Death of His Wife. The landscape also provides solace: the mountain grove where Endymion pines for his beloved Artemis, “a wild thing, untouchable, mortal,” appears to embody the Japanese concept of ‘mono no aware’ — a wistful acceptance of the fleeting beauty of things.
Artemide’s Knee (2008)
Jean-Marie Straub
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Countries
France, Italy
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6.0/10
13 votes
Rating consensus
60/100 blend
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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~60/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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Artemide’s Knee (2008)
Jean-Marie Straub
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