From JOHN007 at prodigy.net  Sat Sep 15 21:32:46 2007
From: JOHN007 at prodigy.net (John)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:32:46 -0400
Subject: [LEN-E] Leni's (home?) Studio/Workspace
Message-ID: <46EC87BE.7080305@prodigy.net>

Hi All,


Firstly please allow me to say that it feels so good to have found this 
list again.  I was a long time member on the Yahoo Group and I had been 
wondering why things got so quiet!  I found Ron's explanation and 
couldn't believe that Yahoo had deleted the group. What a story! 
Thanks, Ron, for gathering us back together via this private list!


I've been watching the Sandra Maischberger "Immoderation" interview (as 
included on Kino's PITZ PALU DVD), and I have a question.  My question 
is admittedly somewhat trivial in the total scheme of all things Leni, 
but I cannot help wondering:


Was the studio space (editing rooms, etc.) through which Leni tours the 
viewer (in "Immoderation") located in/at her home?


I ask this because, in looking at it again, it seems like a great deal 
of studio space for a home that appears as small as the house does in 
the exterior shots at the first of the interview.   Of course I realize 
that wide angle lenses make interior spaces appear larger, but, even so, 
it appears that there were two nice sized editing suites (one for 
beta/slides, the other for Avid), plus in the background of one shot a 
Steenbeck can be viewed in what is apparently another room or area. 
There is also a hallway/corridor, and at least one room off from that 
which we do not see.   Plus the room in which they first enter, which 
has the large Nuba print (where they discuss men), and yet another which 
can be glimpsed in the reverse angle through the Beta suite door.


The first shot of the workspace tour shows Leni walking down stairs, so 
I had always assumed that this space was probably in a basement below 
the home; however, in this viewing I noticed that several of the rooms 
clearly have windows with trees outside (one above the Steenbeck; one 
above the machine on which she did the photo prints)--- so, above ground 
windows don't suggest a basement space after all.


Thus --curiosity having gotten the better of me-- I'm wondering if 
anyone knows:  were these shots taken somewhere else ... or was this 
working space indeed at her home and the house just a lot bigger than 
the exterior shots seem to suggest?   If so, she must have had a fairly 
large house!


Anyone know?

Thanks!

-John


From easternwindow at freenet.de  Sun Sep 16 06:10:42 2007
From: easternwindow at freenet.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thomas_K=F6hler?=)
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:10:42 +0200
Subject: [LEN-E] Leni's (home?) Studio/Workspace
In-Reply-To: <46EC87BE.7080305@prodigy.net>
References: <46EC87BE.7080305@prodigy.net>
Message-ID: <46ED0122.6050504@freenet.de>

Hi John,

nice to see that you finally found the list again!
Quite plainly, I think the answer is yes, it's in her house. The same 
house is also shown in the Ray M?ller documentary, and I don't think it 
looks especially small there either. Also, I cannot imagine that a woman 
at her age, who also had some serious health problems would drive on a 
day-to-day basis to a studio located many kilometers away (she lived in  
the countryside, quite distant from the next big city, which probably 
would be Munich).

Best
Thomas



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