Schwechater (1958)

Directed by

Peter Kubelka

Country

Austria

Runtime

2 min

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a silent short film made from beer commercial footage. The director cuts the images together using strict mathematical rules. The result is a fast sequence of pictures that feel more like a visual pattern than a story.

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What happens

Schwechater [ˈʃvɛçaːtɐ] is a 1958 experimental short film by Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka. It is the second entry in his trilogy of metrical films, between Adebar and Arnulf Rainer. Originally commissioned to make an advertisement for Schwechater Bier, Kubelka edited footage from the shoot based on a complex set of rules, producing a rapid procession of images. Although the company was displeased with the commercial, Schwechater found favour as a work of avant-garde cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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