For her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire Pijman had access to the thousands of Hi8 video diaries, pictures and Polaroids that Müller photographed while he was at work on one of the more than 70 features he shot throughout his career; often with long term collaborators such as Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Lars von Trier. The film intertwines these images with excerpts of his oeuvre, thus creating a fluid and cinematic continuum. In his score for Living the Light Jim Jarmusch gives this wide raging scale of life and art an additional musical voice.
Cinematography
Müller's own lo-fi diaries rival his legendary feature work.
Score
Jim Jarmusch's drone-rock score feels like a tribute from one friend to another.
Editing
Pijman dissolves Müller's life and art until you can't tell them apart.
Director
Claire Pijman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Müller shot the video diaries on consumer Hi8 cameras he kept in his pocket between takes, amassing over 2,000 hours of footage.
The film's structure mirrors Müller's actual working method: he famously never used a light meter, trusting his eyes alone.
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