Guests and Friends

Entries, Sketches, and Comments from the Guest Books

Lizzie Borden | Catherine Breillat

Claire Denis

VALIE EXPORT

Michael Glawogger

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Jane Henderson & Steve Vogel

Sergio Leone

Laura Mulvey

Michael Ostrowski

Helga Reidemeister

Martin Scorsese | Hito Steyerl

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Agnès Varda & Rosalie Varda-Demy

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Želimir Žilnik

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December 16, 2017 / To Everyone at the Film Museum, / you are STARS! / I loved every moment of my time here. / Thank you for inviting me to show / Born in Flames, Regrouping & Working Girls, / the audience were so welcoming / and you were such amazing hosts. / With love, always, / Lizzie Borden

Catherine Breillat

January 2020

Je penserai à tous / long temps long temps / long temps ... infiniment / Vienne 18/2/2020 / CBreillat / Merci!

I'll think of you all a long, long, long time ... endlessly. Vienna 18/2/2020 CBreillat / Thanks!

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Claire Denis

May 2005

As usual I feel like too emotional, / too aware of details, having absolutely / no theories in general. I am a floating / person wishing so much to be a solid / thinking tank but the thing I know / is that you offered me an amazing / sense of bringing to that precious / (planet?) world of cinema in a real / cinémathèque. Thank you for every / single moment and the book ... / Yours Claire Denis

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VALIE EXPORT

May 2007

FILM IST BEWEGUNG! / 30. MAI 2007 / VALIE EXPORT

FILM IS MOTION! / 30 MAY 2007 / VALIE EXPORT

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Michael Glawogger

September 2010

Schönheit ist der Glanz der Wahrheit. / 24.9.2010 / Michael Glawogger

Beauty is the luster of the world. / 24.9.2010 / Michael Glawogger

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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

November 2006

I came here with a lot of clichés / and I am happy to discover this place / Film Museum. I spent a very nice moment / in this place of resistance to defend / a certain idea of cinema. / Sure, I feel, now, less isolated. / Thank you so much. / M.S. Haroun (Tchad)

Steve Vogel und Jane Henderson (Gästebucheintrag 2023)

Jane Henderson & Steve Vogel

July 2023

July 5, 2023
It was wonderful to see Amos's books all together and so well taken care of! And thank you so much for your warm hospitality. We look forward to returning to Vienna and visit you and the Film Museum again soon!
Jane Henderson & Steve Vogel

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Sergio Leone

March 1987

All Oesterreichisches Filmmuseum / che rappresenta e difende / con "amore" il cinema / con grande gratitudine / 27/3/87 Sergio Leone

To the Austrian Film Museum, which represents and defends cinema with "love." With much gratitude, 27/3/87 Sergio Leone

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Laura Mulvey

January 2008

With many thanks to the Film / Museum for negotiating my / presence in Vienna with / the Freud Museum – bringing / Hitchcock & Freud together! / 24.1.08

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Helga Reidemeister

October 2016

Sehr ermutigt, unterstützt und / motiviert zum Weiterfilmen, fühle / ich mich durch das beeindruckende / Engagement und die Anteilnahme / des Wiener Film-Museums mit seinen / so herzlich-freundlichen Mitarbei- / tern. Es hat Freude gemacht hier / zu sein! Herzlichen Dank allen. / Helga Reidemeister / im Oktober 2016

feel very encouraged, supported, and motivated to keep filming thanks to the impressive engagement and participation of the Viennese Film Museum with its warm, friendly staff. It was a joy to be here! Warmest thanks to you all. Helga Reidemeister in October 2016

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Michael Ostrowski

March 2024

21.03.2024

Contact High
Don't bogart that joint, my friend ...
Michael Ostrowski

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Martin Scorsese

November 1995

Thanks for the wonderful / presentation of my film – / 11/24/95 / Ma. Scorsese

Hito Steyerl

December 2023

Ich freu mich / wahnsinnig, / hier zu sein / vlg / Hito

I'm incredibly happy to be here. / All my best, Hito

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Agnès Varda & Rosalie Varda-Demy (Gästebucheintrag 2006)

Jean-Louis Trintignant

June 2017

Wunderbar! / C’est le seul mot autrichien / que je connaisse. / Il est le seul mot dont / j'ai eu à me servir ici. / Merci à vous tous / Merci / Jean Louis Trintignant

Wunderbar! That's the only Austrian word that I know. It's the only word I had to use here. Thanks to all of you. Thanks.

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Agnès Varda & Rosalie Varda-Demy

October 2006.

Merci à Alex H. et à / l'équipe du Filmmuseum de / Vienne d'avoir organisé / cette double rétrospective / Demy-Varda / de façon ex[c]eptionelle, j'aim / été accompagnée par nos enfants / qui ont présenté les films de / leur père ... et moi les miens. / Merci encore / Agnès V.

C'était un plaisir: les salles / pleines de spectateurs pour / voir les film de Jacques... merci... Alex / Rosalie Varda / Oct. 06

Thanks to Alex H. and the team of the Film Museum in Vienna for organizing this double retrospective Demy-Varda. For once, I was joined by one of our children who presented the films of their father... and I presented mine. Thanks again, Agnès V.

It was a treat: the theater full of spectators to see Jacques' films ... thanks ... Alex, Rosalie Varda. Oct. 06

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

November 2006

November 23, 2006. I hope to return here again. It is a vital location for the cinema. Cinema makes life come to life. Preserve films; preserve souls. This place reminds me to keep breathing in the midst of a difficult situation. Thank you. Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Joei

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Želimir Žilnik

February 2022

Dear friends, tonight (25.2.2022) the Film Museum has screened four documentaries that I have shot in Germany between 1973–75 and that I have not seen in 48 years. You have provided me with great pleasure, and on top of this almost sold out screening. Thank you! I have visited many cinematheques over many years, where I have learned and discovered great, exciting films. And now I have discovered my own films, which is an unforgettable experience!! Želimir Žilnik