Overview of articles
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Land of Cockaigne
In one continuous camera movement, Reupke presents a god’s eye view of the Sussex Downs, punctuated with choreographed incidents of human activity.Published on: -
The Scenic Route
Like so many of Jacobs’s found-footage experiments, it is a movie about the shadows people leave behind – here, quite literally.Published on: -
Fame
Aided by the comic act Specchio (Mirror), Benvenuti attempts to revive the comicality of silent films.Published on: -
Megatron
Golden Palm winner at Cannes 2008 about the birthday of a little boy at McDonald’s. Father keeps them waiting.Published on: -
The Lightship
Simple yet powerful film from the middle of Skolimowski’s oeuvre in which he focuses on the relationship between father and son. A captain takes his…Published on: -
Work, Rest & Play
A captivating video triptych exploring the themes of labour and leisure to illustrate the endless whirr of activity in our pursuit of meaning and happPublished on: -
The Menacing Eye
A man proves his masculinity at the cost of a woman. An important motif in the work of Skolimowski is born.Published on: -
Planet A
An animated vision of mutating environment, echoing an ecological disaster, the desertification of the Aral Sea.Published on: -
Infection Transmission Event / Cloudy November
A bleak laboratory experiment in the vein of Wittgenstein’s and Burrough’s investigations into the enigma of language.Published on: -
Bambini di Buti
Between documentary and fiction, Benvenuti leads a bunch of kids to the rediscovery of the ancient tradition of the maggio.Published on: