Underplayed Gems

Du må leve (1985)

Du må leve poster
Directed by
Aase Steensen
Genre
experimental film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
40 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

The film uses a 1949 essay about the atomic bomb as its soundtrack. The images are photographs from school textbooks and TV footage that show how those in power gamble with human lives.

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What happens

Du må leve er en film instrueret af Aase Steensen, Kaj M. Mortensen. Teksten er fra Vilhelm Grønbæks essay ATOMBOMBEN, udgivet 1949, og billedsiden som ledsager denne tekst er affotograferinger af de billeder, vi har set og modtaget i vores skoleundervisning. Et associationsgrundlag for vores kultur - for vores indre billeder. Der er billeder og lyd fra TV - det handler om magthavernes spillen med menneskeliv. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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