Robby Müller – Master of Light

6.7. – 5.11.17

In July, the Museum für Film und Fernsehen opens the exhibition Robby Müller – Master of Light, turning its attention to one of the most important and most influential cinematographers in international cinema. Whether his lens is focused on Björk dancing in a factory building, Johnny Depp drifting out to sea in a canoe, or the beautiful Nastassja Kinski wearing a bright pink jumper, Müller is the cameraman who created great cinematographic shots in modern classics such as Dancer in the Dark, Dead Man and Paris, Texas. Influences from Edward Hopper appear in his work, while his use of light recalls paintings by Vermeer. The Dutch cameraman Robby Müller is undeniably a virtuoso and master of his craft.

In the exhibition large-scale projections of selected movie scenes provide an impression of Müller’s visual acumen and the complexity of his works. Interviews with a number of directors – including Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier and Jim Jarmusch – attest to Müller’s outstanding abilities as a cameraman. His private archive also enriches the exhibition in an unusual way: These glimpses into documents and scripts, but especially dozens of film recordings, describe Müller’s life on set as if in a diary. At its conclusion, the exhibition presents a selection of Polaroid photographs taken by Müller, which, in an entirely different context, reveal him to be a “Master of Light” once more.

The exhibition was originally organized and conceived by the EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.

Credits

An exhibition in cooperation with EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

The exhibition Robby Müller – Master of Light is curated by Jaap Guldemond in collaboration with Marente Bloemheuvel and Andrea Müller, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

Editing of video archive: Claire Pijman
Montage filmfragments: Jaap Guldemond

Interviews with Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Lars von Trier by Claire Pijman
Producer: Stichting Docu Shot, Jules van den Steenhoven
Sponsor: Vocas, ARRI

All photographs, letters, documents and video diaries in the exhibition come from the personal archive of Robby and Andrea Müller.

Deutsche Kinemathek

Artistic Director: Dr. Rainer Rother
Administrative Director (interim): Uwe Meder-Seidel
Project management: Peter Mänz,
Adaptation Berlin: Georg Simbeni, Nils Warnecke
Text editing: Rolf Aurich
Translation: Native Speaker, Berlin
Finances: Uwe Meder-Seidel, Sven Blumberg

Media installation: Eidotech GmbH, Berlin
Design of the exhibition graphics: Jan Drehmel, Berlin
Production of the exhibition graphics: reproplan Berlin
Exhibition construction: Camillo Kuschel Ausstellungsdesign, Berlin
Light: Stephan Werner
Additional editing AV-Media: Stanislaw Milkowski, Concept AV, Berlin
Subtitles: subs, Hamburg
Technical Services: Frank Köppke, Roberti Siefert,

Head of Communications: Sandra Hollmann
Marketing: Anne Rüdiger
Press Office: Heidi Berit Zapke
Design of the advertising graphics: Pentagram Design, Berlin

Educational Services: Jurek Sehrt
Guided Tours and Workshops: Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH Museumsdienst
Jörg Becker, Konrad Mühe, Jessica Dürwald, Yalda Afsah, Thomas Zandegiacomo Del Bel

Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to all those who contributed to this exhibition:
Robby & Andrea Müller
Claire Pijman
Wim & Donata Wenders
Wim Wenders Stiftung, Düsseldorf
Claire Brunel
Hanway, London
Schedule 2 Ltd, London
Jim Jarmusch & Sara Driver
Arielle de Saint Phalle
The Match Factory GmbH
Lars von Trier
Zentropa Productions, Hvidovre (DK)
Lasse Andersen
Steve McQueen
Hoyte van Hoytema
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
Theo Bierkens
Pim Tjujerman
Frieder Hochheim
Abbey Lustgarten, The Criterion Collection
Studiocanal GmbH, Berlin
Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF, Wiesbaden
Beta Film GmbH, Oberhaching
Koch Media GmbH, Planegg
Adventure Pictures, London
TrustNordisk ApS, Hvidovre

Partner

The Deutsche Kinemathek is supported with funding from the
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Partners
OSRAM
Wim Wenders Stiftung
Königreich der Niederlande
ARRI
Vocas

Media Partner
tip Berlin