One of the most absolute films ever conceived, this ‘metric’ film derives its title from the friendship (and sponsorship) of fellow artist Arnulf Rainer. The same radical reduction was also pursued in the ‘Flicker films’ made by Tony Conrad, Paul Sharits and others. With a very different outcome each time.
Also in this combined programme
-
Schwechater
Supposedly shot as a commercial for an Austrian beer, Kubelka drastically edited the material into a hermetic yet fascinating cinema object.
-
Adebar
Kubelka strips the images down to their black-and-white essentials, to create the ultimate abstract film choreography.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1960
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 7"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
You may also like this
-
L’Anglaise et le Duc
A subjective view of the French Revolution based on the diaries of an English lady. By French New Wave director Éric Rohmer.
-
Motion for Stockhausen
The physical movements of hysterical patients are carefully reframed in a dignifying way.
-
Metropolen des Leichtsinns
A devilish deconstruction of our pre-programmed post-war lives as Western consumers.