David Perlov - Diary

Synopsis

"'May 1973, I buy a camera. I want to start filming, by myself and for myself. Professional cinema does no longer attract me. To look for something else. I want to approach the everyday. Above all in anonymity. It takes time to learn how to do it.' With these words, David Perlov starts his epic film Diary. Shot over a period of three decades, first on 16mm and later on video (Updated Diary, 1990-1999), it is considered today the most striking work in Israeli documentary filmmaking." – Ariel Schweitzer, Cahiers du Cinéma

"How to capture a psychological state, how to seize a character, how to describe a place: my choices are very subjective. My personality as an author is very dominant. I use the device of cinema as an intermediary between reality and the viewer. I impose my vision on the materials. From this point of view, my 'Diary' is my identity card. I try to reach the fragile border between life and art." – David Perlov

Film Listing

- Diary, Chapter 1 (1973-1977, 52 min)
- Diary, Chapter 2 (1978-1980, 52 min)
- Diary, Chapter 3 (1981-1982, 52 min)
- Diary, Chapter 4 (1982-1983, 52 min)
- Diary, Chapter 5 (1983, 52 min)
- Diary, Chapter 6 (1983, 52 min)

Special Features

- My Stills (1952-2002, 58 min)
- Poem by Nathan Zach
- David Perlov: A Passion for the Everyday by Ariel Schweitzer
- The View from Perlov by Uri Klein
- An Interview with David Perlov by Irma Klein and Uri Klein
- Four years after, Uri Klein interviews David Perlov
- The Diary of David Perlov by Talya Halkin
- Perlov, Mekas, Morder, Lehman and the Others: in Search of the Unpredictable Quiverings of Daily Life by Dominique Bluher
- About the bonus My Stills (1952-2002)
- Angelitos Negros lyrics