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Thomas Imbach – Day Is Done (2011)

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Day Is Done becomes, among other things, a poetic but also wryly humorous study of the
selfish artist trying to play the indifferent God, but ending up revealing himself as all too
human. (…) Day Is Done contains images of ravishing though unconventional urban beauty.
(Screen Daily, 14.02.11)
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Thomas Imbachʼs Day is Done answers its questions in large-format, brillianty, persuasivley, humorously, gently and, above all, cinematically. Itʼs an autobiographical movie, a documentary about Zurich; itʼs a study of the weather in Switzerland; itʼs a love letter to the answering machine – itʼs simply marvelous.
(Film und Kritik, Blog, 15.02.2011)
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The film, of a touching lyricism (supported by the wonderful versions of Bob Dylan, Syd
Barrett and John Frusciante, among others) is also visceral (Imbach is pretty merciless with
himself) and fascinating. One of the big films of this yearʼs BAFICI.
(Otros Cines, April 2011)
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