Underplayed Gems

Supply and a million times goodbye (2021)

Supply and a million times goodbye poster
Directed by
Majse Vilstrup
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
17 min
Elsewhere
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This documentary observes live auctions at a major Danish auction house. It focuses on the ritualized movements and expressions of buyers, sellers, and the auctioneer as they perform the business of selling art.

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What happens

Supply and a million times goodbye er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2021 instrueret af Majse Vilstrup. Supply and a MillionTimes Goodbye er optaget ved en række live-auktioner på Danmarks største auktionshus Bruun Rasmussen. Næsten alle professioner udvikler specifikke strukturer, krops- bevægelser og ansigtsmimik med et instrumentelt formål. Disse udtryk og rekvisitter er som oftest opstået ud fra praktiske bestemmelser, men efterhånden som tiden går, forvandles de til en æstetik i sig selv. Filmen observerer live-auktionen som et slags socialt teater med kunstkøbere og sælgere i hovedrollen, og som med et tilhørende publikum, udfører specifikke og indstuderede bevægelser i jagten på den gode handel “...Med et usædvanligt skarpt blik for den sigende detalje, studeres de fremmødte, som var de en sjælden og surreel dyreart...” . De gentagne bevægelser i filmen manifesterer det nøjagtige point-of-no-return hvor kunstværket sælges og bytter hænder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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