Real Is Not Real Enough
Real is not Real Enough is a podcast movie based on the work of the writer and philosopher Günther Anders. California 1941: real war in Europe, fake blood in Los Angeles. Join us as we enter the HOLLYWOOD COSTUME PALACE, where movie magic is made. This audio work is an adaptation of Günther Anders’ remarkable diary “Washing the Corpses of History”. Season Two, Unpacking the Real, introduces you to special guests who take us into conversations that emerge from the podcast audio diary Real is Not Real Enough. Join us as we wonder longer and question further. And remember, always keep it real. Brought to you by Chris Müller, Benjamin Nickl, Helen Wolfenden. Performed by Edgar Eckert. Sound design by Jacob Craig. Visuals by Eric Löbbecke.
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Welcome to Real is not Real Enough. Subscribe for an audio experience based on the remarkable Californian diary of Günther Anders, who was forced to flee Berlin in 1933, and finally arrived in Los Angeles, after many stops that he is hardly able to retrace. Join us as we spend 12 days exploring the Hollywood Costume Palace in 1941, and learn the truth about Hollywood and exile, as seen through his eyes.
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“A strange kind of place – this Palace.”
“It’s a question of prestige.”
“It's like... like... Cheesecake!”
“with a patch of sewn-on snow.”
“In Hollywood, the Berezina snow will never melt.”
“The past must have seemed like a kingdom of make-believe.”
“What poor, unfortunate items!”
“Sic transit gloria mundi.”
“How childish to believe that fake is fake.”
“The past is becoming all the rage.”
“And who knows the world? You? Or them?”
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Remember to subscribe for Season 2 - Unpacking the Real - the Companion Podcast! Brought to you by Chris Müller, Benjamin Nickl, Helen Wolfenden. Performed by Edgar Eckert. Sound design by Jacob Craig. Visuals Eric Löbbecke. Trailer narration by Veronica Faust. Find out more: https://www.goethe.de/ins/au/en/kul/lok/gap.html
“One certainly can't learn cutting corners.”
Unpacking the Real is season two of Real is Not Real Enough. Here we introduce you to a range of guests who help us 'unpack' and the ideas that emerge from season one's podcast audio diary Real is Not Real Enough.
If you’re ready to wonder longer and question further, join us for Unpacking the Real.
Podcast cover design by Karen Ho
In this inaugural episode of Unpacking The Real we meet Dr Anna Pollmann. Anna is a researcher at the Research Institute for Social Cohesion at Konstanz University, where she is co-editor of the volume Key Concepts of Social Cohesion: A Critical Vocabulary. https://www.fgz-risc.de/das-forschungsinstitut/personen/details/anna-pollmann
Anna is a cultural historian of the 19th and 20th c...
In this episode of Unpacking The Real we meet Tracey Cameron and Dr Consuelo Martinez Reyes.
Tracey is a Gamilaraay person and Lecturer in Gamilaraay Language and Indigenous History at The University of Sydney: https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/tracey-cameron.html
Consuelo is a Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies at Macquarie University: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/consuelo-marti...
This time on Unpacking The Real we unpack the sound and look of Real is not Real Enough with the people who helped us bring Günther Anders’ Hollywood diary to life.
To do that, we’re introducing you to Swiss/German actor Edgar Eckert and cartoonist, illustrator and fine artist Eric Löbbecke.
Edgar is an accomplished stage and screen actor in Germany and Switzerland and you can find out more about him here: https://www.deutschesthea...
If you’ve ever watched a historical Hollywood movie, this episode is for you. In fact, there’s so much to discuss that this is the first part of a double episode. Here, we unpack notions of truth and the distortions that the filmmaking industry thrives on.
This conversation includes several voices but features Claudia Sandberg and Bernd Bösel. You can find out more about our guests and also us (Chris, Ben and Helen) via the links b...
As promised, this is the second of a two-part discussion featuring Claudia Sandberg and Bernd Bösel.
In our previous episode – Romans, Hitler, Hollywood – we focused on heritage cinema and notions of truth. Here, we consider questions of authenticity, exile, shame and the connection between humour and pain.
The work of Kerstin Putz, literary scholar and curator of exhibitions at the Literature Museum of the Austrian National Librar...
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