An occasionally bizarre and complex approach to American politics and the War on Terrorism. The film is both essayist and satirical and makes use of a variety of styles and techniques. For instance many of the aesthetics have been borrowed from the design of web sites. The cartoons of politicians used are also available as icons to be used at home on the computer desktop. The most incredible texts turn out to be borrowed literally from official notes.
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Seven Days
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It’s Not My Memory of It
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Operation Double Trouble
Simple intervention makes army propaganda film stutter. Showing every scene twice instead of once destroys the heroism in one fell swoop.
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A Brief History of Surrealism
The atmosphere in New York in times of war, seen through the eyes of the long-dead surrealist Andre Breton. About the war language of Bush that slu
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2002
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 28"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
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