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Metropolen des Leichtsinns

Thomas Draschan | Austria | 2000 | 13' | | IFFR 2002

Submerging, cell-sectioning, disk-shooting, curve-taking, light-dazzling, earth-shattering, motion-stopping. This film is constructed using a collection of about 500 different 16 mm films, mostly educational shorts, some TV serials, some features, lots of advertising. It starts with a journey into film itself, followed by love making, birth, suicide and almost any humanly possible occupation. A devilish deconstruction of our pre-programmed post-war lives as occidental individuals.

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  • Anna Hanusova. 27.06.01, 5h 40

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  • Apologia

    How, as an audio-visual artist, to include or exclude images of 11 September?

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  • Mama

    Portrait of a group of US Immigration and Customs officers, who work with trained dogs to search for drugs and illegal immigrants.

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  • Tattoo

    A choreography that goes astray, lost somewhere in the British meadows. A military tattoo.

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  • Energy Lithuania

    Turning ones eyes to a community of industrial workers, as it gradually dissolves.

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  • Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    ‘Free admission for all those over ninety and accompanied by both their parents’.

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  • Montessori Sword Fight

    After a young girl discovers her passion for sword fighting, she tries to improve her technique.

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Film details

Country of production
Austria
Year
2000
Festival edition
IFFR 2002
Length
13"
Medium/Format
16mm

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