World Mirror Cinema. Episode 1-3

Episode 1 : Kinematograf Theater Erdberg, Wien 1912

Episode 2 : Apollo Theater, Surabaya 1929

Episode 3 : Cinema São Mamede Infesta, Porto 1930


In Gustav Deutsch´s most recent found footage work the masses "absorb" (Walter Benjamin) the artwork. Three historical camera pans across the streets and squares of Vienna, Surabaya, and Porto provide a starting point for reflection on the relationship of everyday stories and cinematic machinery.

Welt Spiegel Kino´s steadfast piercing of the dynamic of this relationship is astounding. Each of the three pans – taken between 1912 and 1930 – contains a cinema; in the montage, the passersby become...

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Orig. Title
Welt Spiegel Kino. Episode 1-3
Year
2005
Countries
Austria, Netherlands
Duration
93 min
Director
Gustav Deutsch
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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