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b'Valeska Grisebach\\u2019s extremely precise yet highly naturalistic films take years to make: so far, we have been graced with only three features. In the January/February issue of Film Comment, Haden Guest discusses Grisebach\\u2019s process of \\u201cradical observation,\\u201d as well as her relationship to existing genre forms and aesthetics. Western, Grisebach\\u2019s latest film, follows a group of German workers building a hydroelectric plant in the backlands of Bulgaria. Separated by linguistic and cultural differences, one of the German workers\\u2014Meinhard\\u2014slowly begins to bridge the gap between the two camps. FC Digital Producer Violet Lucca is joined by Film Society of Lincoln Center programmers Dennis Lim and Dan Sullivan and Brooklyn Rail film section co-editor Leo Goldsmith to discuss the film, Grisebach\\u2019s filmography, and her relationship to new forms of realism.'