Cinematographic poem in two parts about the world of coal. The episodes shot in 16mm black & white are about the crew of a Polish coal ship - inspired by Herman Melville’s The Confidence-Man - while the parts in colour are set in and around the world’s largest coal-fuelled power station.
Georg Tiller does not seem interested in socio-economic conditions: White Coal is a quest for forms and motives. In spun out, tranquil scenes, the camera glides past huge machines, open spaces and mysterious-looking control rooms. Tiller is primarily inspired by industrial films from the past (especially the 1920s), and the present.
As plot, dialogues and music are absent, Tiller demands a great deal of patience from the viewer, but this also forces us to watch more closely. And he invites us to allow our imaginations to run riot.
- Director
- Georg Tiller
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 70'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Cantonese
- Producer
- Georg Tiller
- Production Company
- Subobscura Films
- Sales
- Subobscura Films
- Screenplay
- Georg Tiller
- Cinematography
- Claudio Pfeifer
- Editor
- Viktor Hoffmann
- Sound Design
- Jochen Jezussek
- Cast
- Franz Amann, Ladislav Gombrowizc
- Website
- http://subobscurafilms.com/white-coal