A found-footage film, the source material for which dates from the mid-1960s – the found footage has lost its original colour. Heller’s radical altering of sound/image relationships by means of the cut-up technique has radical consequences for the film’s archetypal characters.
Also in this combined programme
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Abendmahl
Home movie eaten away by time, in which the material is bleached in the same way as the memories of the events recorded. -
Mariko’s 30 Pirates
Japanese Super-8 film maker sets off on a wayward search for his roots in a quickly changing time. -
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Blind Huber
Short made sketch on Super-8 of a beekeeper who rules over a community of bees and their hive. -
The Wash
Lyrical document shot entirely on Super-8 shows a changing America. The film makers return to the long-gone landscape of their childhood. -
Desi’re – the Goldstein Reels
Stunning found footage or fake? The film material comes from the collection of the artist and film producer Jack Goldstein, who died in 2003.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
