Cityscapes
The perception of the city in the modern era is characterized by its fleeting and momentary nature. Social and architectural constructions are fragmented and dash past. Cityscapes attempts to make archived recordings from the Austrian Film Museum legible along these lines. Single images are isolated from the cinematographic flow in order to scrutinize their inscribed cognitive potential.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 16'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
