Copy Shop (2001)

Directed by

Virgil Widrich

Genre

silent film

Country

Austria

Runtime

12 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man working in a copy shop photocopies his own hand and soon finds copies of himself multiplying. The short film uses repeated images to show how copies can replace the original person.

conceptualfast-pacedminimalistdisorientingthought-provokingexperimentalclaustrophobichigh-contrast

What happens

Copy Shop is a 2001 Austrian short film written and directed by Virgil Widrich. The twelve-minute black-and-white film is composed of nearly 18,000 photocopied frames, creating a visual parable on duplication and loss of identity in the digital age. It was screened at more than 750 film festivals worldwide, received 43 international awards, and was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the European Film Award for Best Short Film in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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