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Spending (1971)

Spending poster
Directed by
Stig Brøgger
Country
Denmark
Runtime
20 min

How it feels

A Danish experimental film from 1971 is divided into eight chapters marked with numbers and tinted shots of a camera in nature. It sets up a contrast between nature and culture, specifically the city. The image aesthetic is polished and calculated rather than rough.

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What happens

Spending er en dansk eksperimentalfilm fra 1971 instrueret af Stig Brøgger. En gennemstruktureret film opdelt i 8 "kapitler", markeret med tal og tintede billeder af et filmkamera ude i naturen, dvs. der refereres til selve filmmediet. Filmen er hængt op mellem natur og kultur, her byen. Filmen er domineret af det markerede struktureringsprincip. Til forskel fra så mange andre 8 mm film med slørede billeder og rå æstetik bruger billedkunstneren Brøgger en perfektionistisk, homogen og kalkuleret æstetik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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