Underplayed Gems

Billeddagbog (1984)

Billeddagbog poster
Directed by
Søren Dahl Andersen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
18 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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

A painter has stopped painting and explains the reasons why. The film uses their monologue to explore myths about the artist's role and commercial pressures in galleries.

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What happens

Billeddagbog er en dokumentarfilm fra 1984 instrueret af Søren Dahl Andersen efter manuskript af Erik Rytter. En maler er holdt op med at male, og anfører en række årsager hertil. Bl.a. det isolationssyndrom som det seneste århundredes mytedannelse, omkring kunstnerrollen, har fastlåst vores hovedperson i. Købmandsmentalitetens forfladigelse på landets gallerier er en anden årsag. Videogrammet dramatiserer og fortolker denne beslutning via kunstnerens monolog. En konfrontation med myterne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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