Cynthia Beatt
CYCLING THE FRAME
Germany, 1988, 27 min

 

Cynthia Beatt
THE INVISIBLE FRAME
Germany, 2009, 60 min

 

In the 1988 cinepoem Cycling The Frame, Tilda Swinton set out on an adventurous bike ride in less well-known territory. Swinton followed the length of the Berlin wall, to document the places through which she went, but also to capture from an introspective West Berlin perspective the view over the wall to East Berlin. Today, Cycling The Frame is an unusual historical document, and twenty years later Tilda Swinton belongs to the most respected and sought after actresses in the world, admired for her unorthodox choice of film roles. Now Tilda Swinton and Cynthia Beatt join forces again to follow the former line of the wall that divided Berlin: The Invisible Frame.