For the Benefit of Mr. K
Synopsis
From the earliest point when I started to make film one of the biggest influence on my way of thinking came from Franz Kafka. In particular the titles ‘Castle One’ and ‘Castle Two’ made symbolic reference to Kafka’s book ‘The Castle’. In this book, like ‘The Trial’ the central fictitious but ‘first-person’ existential character was ‘K’ – clearly in part an oblique but intentional reference to Kafka’s own name. The short video sequence used in ‘For the Benefit of Mr. K’, was shot in the little street in Prague showing the small house in which Kafka wrote ‘The Trial’. The title is also a direct reference to the song by the Beatles. The sound track is a short sequence discovered by my son of the Beatles rehearsing this song in the Abbey Road recording studio.
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Malcolm Le Grice
- Original Title
- For the Benefit of Mr. K
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 1m
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Malcolm Le Grice
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Malcolm Le Grice
Director
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What is For the Benefit of Mr. K about?
From the earliest point when I started to make film one of the biggest influence on my way of thinking came from Franz Kafka. In particular the titles ‘Castle One’ and ‘Castle Two’ made symbolic reference to Kafka’s book ‘The Castle’. In this book, like ‘The Trial’ the central fictitious but ‘first-person’ existential character was ‘K’ – clearly in part an oblique but intentional reference to Kafka’s own name. The short video sequence used in ‘For the Benefit of Mr. K’, was shot in the little street in Prague showing the small house in which Kafka wrote ‘The Trial’. The title is also a direct reference to the song by the Beatles. The sound track is a short sequence discovered by my son of the Beatles rehearsing this song in the Abbey Road recording studio.
Who directed For the Benefit of Mr. K?
For the Benefit of Mr. K was directed by Malcolm Le Grice.
Who stars in For the Benefit of Mr. K?
The principal cast of For the Benefit of Mr. K includes Not specified.
When was For the Benefit of Mr. K released and how long is it?
For the Benefit of Mr. K was released in 1995 with a total runtime of 1m.