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
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.
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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