Cats in Riga

Running time: 17’
Production: LVA 2014
 
The view of the Latvian capital through cats’ eyes and ears. While the news media sift through current affairs and the inhabitants of Riga focus on their daily cares, cats are completely occupied by their aimless wanderings through stairways, offices, and apartments, sublimely indifferent to the preposterous hustle and bustle of our civilization. There are hordes of silent witnesses all over the place, looking like they’re keeping a sharp eye on what’s going on around them. This ode to cathood plays with the notion of subjectivity in the perception of the world around us.

 

Authors:

  • Jon Bang Carlsen
    Was born in 1950. Graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1976. Best known for his radical approach to the staging of documentaries, Jon Bang Carlsen has played a prominent role on the Danish film scene since about 1980, and remains one of Denmark's most innovative documentarists, with a number of feature films behind him as well. His documentaries often focus on the daily lives and rituals of people whom viewers would consider either ordinary or marginal. 
     
    Filmography:
    Just the right amount of violence (2013)
    Purity Beats Everything (2007)
    Blinded Angels (2007)
    Addicted to Solitude (1999)
    Min afrikanske dagbog (1999)
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