Documentary Voices
Short Films by Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki (Germany, 1983-2012)
- When
- Wed Feb 18, 2015
- Where
- PFA Theater
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies, Documentary, Film Screenings
Description
In the first of two program paying tribute to Farocki's film and video work, we focus on his short filmss. In Farocki’s words: “Four days spent in a studio working on a centerfold photo for Playboy magazine provided the subject matter for (An Image) . . . The naked woman in the middle is a sun around which a system revolves: of culture, of business, of living!” I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts presents “images from the Maximum Security Prison in Corcoran, California . . . With the camera and the gun side by side, the field of view and field of fire merge together.” His most recent film, A New Product, consists of “scenes from meetings within a company, which advises corporations how to design their offices—and the work done there. The film shows that words are not just tools, they have become an object of speculation.”An Image (1983, 25 mins, Color, Digital file, From Video Data Bank New Restoration!)
I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts (2000, 25 mins, Color, Digital file, From Video Data Bank)
A New Product (2012, 37 mins, Color, Digital file, From Video Data Bank)
Total running time: 87 mins
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN21928
- Call
- (510) 642-1412
- Call
- 510.642.5249 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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