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Film

Nye scener fra Amerika

Jørgen Leth, Denmark, 2002

35 min.DK/Documentary

Jørgen Leth's personal, poetic view of America, shot in

New York, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California in September 2001. Jørgen Leth and his cameraman Dan Holmberg decided to make a follow-up to their own classic »66 Scenes from America« (1981), particularly famous for the scene in which Andy Warhol eats a hamburger.



They wanted to portray the mythological America, the endless highways, the gas stations, the diners, the motels, the cities. The people in the film include cult figures like the poet John Ashbery, the composer John Cale, the actor Dennis Hopper, and the photographer Robert Frank. The latter's book from the 1950s, »The Americans«, and the paintings of Edward Hopper inspired Leth and Holmberg, who filmed in the same tableau-like style as for their first film, with no camera movements. John Cale wrote the original score for the film.

Basic information Credits Materials
Original title Nye scener fra Amerika
Danish title Nye scener fra Amerika
Other titles Den korte film 1
Keywords USA, 2000-2009, Travels
Director Jørgen Leth
Screenplay Jørgen Leth
Producer Marianne Christensen, Mette Heide
Director of Photography Dan Holmberg
Editor Camilla Skousen
Sound Niels Arnt Torp
Composer John Cale
Appearance Mark Kurlansky, Patrick Slavin, Albert Maysles, Roy Haynes
Production country Denmark
Domestic distribution Angel Films
International sales Leth
Technical info 35 mm, 1,66:1 Widescreen, Dolby SR
Danish theatrical release 18.10.2002
Cinemas Cinemateket
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Bech Film
Domestic distribution Angel Films

Direction

Direction Jørgen Leth
Assistant director Asger Leth

Script

Script Jørgen Leth
Script: research Asger Leth

Production

Producer Marianne Christensen
Producer Mette Heide
Production Claus Willadsen
Production Nanna Mailand-Hansen

Cinematography

Cinematography Dan Holmberg

Stills

Stills Dan Holmberg

Editing

Editing Camilla Skousen
Assistant editor Anne Hovad Fischer
Assistant editor Camilla Ebling
Assistant editor Vagn Rose

Music

Music John Cale

Sound

Sound Niels Arnt Torp
Sound Tom Koester
Sound Matt Sudden

Appearance

Appearance Mark Kurlansky
Appearance Patrick Slavin
Appearance Albert Maysles
Appearance Roy Haynes
Appearance John Cale
Appearance Robert Frank
Appearance John Ashbery
Appearance Dennis Hopper
Appearance Peter Martins

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Reviews and articles

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Interview
Program - stumfilm & mikro
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