Using Super-8 and an experimental technique of allowing bacterial decomposition and chemical breakdown of the film emulsion, a practice Jurgen Reble worked on as a former member of the German filmmaking group known as “Schmelzdahin” during the 1980s, “Rumpelstilzchen” and “Passion” feature as part of Reble’s first solo works in this unusual and surrealistic style of filmmaking. Familiar to both pieces is the often repetitive and pulsating rhythmic soundtrack and images using both micro and macro cinematography and themes of creation, evolution and destruction. An intriguing concept and interpretation into the chemistry of life.
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ACMI Identifier
318594
Language
German
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Surrealism in motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism in motion pictures
Experimental → Experimental films - Germany
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Birth, Hour of
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Birth, Hour of
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)