When you’re not managing to say everything you want to say in one try, come up with a concept of a film triangle, that is, a trilogy, in which you can cover everything your heart desires. ‘Words’ is a side of Loftger’s triangle; the other two sides are ‘War’ and ‘Faith’. Exploring the power of words - having in mind where they took Salman Rusdhie, Václav Havel, and other “comrades in trouble” of theirs - the documentary studies and celebrates words as a medium of reality, their unbounded allure and how dangerous a tool they can become in a political struggle, poetry, prose, love statements... The aforementioned company is joined by other prominent writers such as Günter Wallraff, Joseph Brodski, Julia* Llamazares, Aziz Nesin, Paul Auster, Villy Sørensen and Maria Vargas Llosa.
Jens Loftager
Jens Loftager was born in 1954 in a town Ebeltoft, Denmark, got his degree in philosophy at the Aarhus Univeristy, and graduated from The Film Academy in Copenhagen and the Danish National Academy. In his filmography there are many praised documentaries, and the triptych ‘Words’, ‘War’ and ‘Faith’ is the most famous of them.
General sponsor
ORD
Denmark
1994, 50', 16 mm
Directed by:
Jens Loftager
Screenplay by:
Jens Loftager
Cinematography:
Anthony Dod Mantle
Edited by:
Thomas Krag
Produced by:
Ole John Film
