Canale Grande

A young woman refuses to watch television and decides to create her own program. The changeable and unpredictable structured underground film sees itself as a protest against a standardization of the world of images, as a call for radical subjectivity. Insightful in its satirical intention, but not always successful in its claim to a truly independent visual fantasy. (F.P.)

Canale Grande is one of the secret masterpieces of Austrian cinema, a prime example of subversive cinematography. In this low-budget work, the protagonist (played by director Pezold herself) is fed up with conventional television and invents her own, highly personal form...

Orig. Title
Canale Grande
Year
1983
Countries
Austria, Germany
Duration
88 min
Category
feature fiction, Experimental, performance, feature fiction
Orig. Language
German, German
Subtitles
English
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