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History of the Main Complaint

William Kentridge | South Africa | 1996 | 6' | | IFFR 1998

This film was motivated by an opera project on Monteverdi. Kentridge: ‘I wanted to see if I could combine my technique of charcoal animation with the music of Monteverdi. And I wanted to see if there was a link between seventeenth-century music and twentieth-century systems to investigate the body: CAT scans, ultrasound and X-ray equipment, MRI, etc.’

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Film details

Country of production
South Africa
Year
1996
Festival edition
IFFR 1998
Length
6'
Medium/Format
Betacam SP PAL