Beautifully maintained and well located
A mansion, a lawn, some trees: an unmoved frontal view, 9 minutes long. We hear an off-screen voice: co-director Lukas Marxt commands/directs what goes on in the image. He calls up participants in a remote-controlled choreography: a certain "John" and his lawn-mower, remote-controlled by him; a "Mandy" whose drone ("camera 2") hovers above the house; and co-director "Jakub" Vrba, the only on-screen person, who climbs a ladder and holds up a cornetthat emits smoke and sparks.
Marxt´s orders make it happen: a strange ritual of 'order' in a bourgeois home which, as the film´s title says, is Beautifully maintained...
Orig. Title
Sehr gepflegt und gut gelegen
Sehr gepflegt und gut gelegen
Year
2021
2021
Countries
Austria, Germany
Austria, Germany
Duration
9 min
9 min
Category
Experimental, Artist Film
Experimental, Artist Film
Orig. Language
German
German
Subtitles
English
English