Filmmaker Hepp explains the style of her film in an interview with the cultural newspaper Müchner Feuilleton: "Making precisely this filmmaking visible was [...] important from the very beginning for my portrait of Edgar Reitz, who stands for filmmaking. That's where his passion lies, all his work is concentrated on making, less on his person. That's what I wanted to show, of course, as a proxy. That brings us together: the love and passion for filming. That's an important aspect for me when you make a film about a filmmaker as a filmmaker. In addition, I wanted to 'play', experiment, try something out, in order to create contrasts and variety, the unexpected, over a length of 84 minutes." (translated from German)Thomas Lassonczyk: »800 Mal einsam« – Dokumentarfilm über Edgar Reitz, Münchner Feuilleton, 26 February 2020 (German)
