Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1995 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 529 VOTES · DIR. Torben Skjødt Jensen
Overview
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer-My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. Through interviews, historical writings, and rare archival footage, a portrait of Dreyer emerges: an austere perfectionist, yes, but also a passionate man possessing a genuine sense of humor.
Dialogue Timeline - 702 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:33 Those of us who love working on set
00:10:16 I felt very unhappy, and left the theater.
00:14:47 Dreyer filmed Jeanne d'Arc as he would have a documentary
00:18:56 He kept her there to watch the rushes
00:30:09 Still, it was Dreyer.
00:32:48 We went for long walks. We talked and talked and talked.
00:35:13 onto that path, Anna's path, and mold me like a lump of clay.
00:39:25 Fear not! The Lord is merciful!
00:42:30 We dried ourselves in the toilets of the great belt ferry.
00:44:55 "No great harm done, then."
00:48:58 and you...
00:51:48 "Speech? Well, it was rather strange."
00:55:27 Long sequences, rare in movie-making.
00:59:17 - She is when she is alive, too. - Yes...
01:01:49 never whispered words of wisdom in one's ear
01:04:55 has passed ahead of her loved ones.
01:10:46 he couldn't manage the other, too. It would disturb him too much.
01:13:42 - In sorrow? - Yes.
01:16:11 He'd put them into big manila envelopes.
01:19:04 that he has created this...
01:22:12 I will say to myself:
01:24:50 I've never forgotten it.
01:29:21 Dreyer scuttled off into a corner so there'd be nobody behind him.
01:34:56 English translation and subtitles Jonathan Sydenham
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed702
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:02:33
Final line01:34:56
Production Record
DirectorTorben Skjødt Jensen
LanguageDanish
IMDb votes529