"I wrote a story on Anita G., but when I made the film, I returned to the actual person and portrayed her. The film is not the same as the short story. I made the film in the exact prison where this Anita G., who is a real person, was imprisoned. My sister knew this young girl. So the film begins again from the bottom. It does not transform the literature into film, but tries to dig once more and to tell a story with pictures, music, etc., independent from the short story." As a new restoration premieres at #NYFF64#, revisit director Alexander Kluge on YESTERDAY GIRL: