The Way Things Go (1987)

Directed by

David Weiss, Peter Fischli

Genre

silent film, experimental film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

30 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows a long chain reaction using ordinary objects like tires, ladders, and chemicals. One action triggers the next as things tip, burn, and slide through a warehouse space.

experimentalwhimsicalmethodicalcontemplativeplayfulhypnoticpreciseunpredictablemeditative

What happens

The Way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a 1987 16 mm art film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss. It documents a long causal chain assembled of everyday objects and industrial materials in the manner of a Rube Goldberg machine, though without the trope of accomplishing a relatively mundane task at the end. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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