The video presents an encounter between a self-conscious being and a non-self-conscious object, whereby the director is engaged in a struggle with the camera in order to enslave it, only to find that this does not give him the expected control over the machine.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- Special
