Short Film Program: Stumble and Marvel
Vienne en tramway Pathé Frères. FR, 1906, 35mm, b/w, 4 minErdbergerkino / Austria Kinematograf Theater Austria-Hungary, 1912, 35mm, b/w, 8 min
Die Fabrikation von Kino-Lichtkohlen in einem österreichischen Werke Karl Köfinger. AT, 1927, DCP (from 35mm), tinted, 11 min
Le chemineau rinckeur Jean Durand. FR, 1911, 35mm, tinted, 4 min
Chaussure trop étroite Pathé Frères. FR, 1907, 35mm, tinted, 3 min
Une bonne histoire Pathé Frères. FR, 1903, 35mm, b/w, 1 min
Prater Friedrich Kuplent. AT, 1929, 35mm, b/w and hand-colored, 13 min
Die Stadt Friedrich Kuplent. AT, 1929, DCP (from 9,5mm), b/w, 4 min
… and other films
An invitation to take a filmic stroll, setting off without a destination to discover the city. After crossing the circle of the Ringstrasse, we zigzag to test the scope of the city and perhaps also let go of control. A factory for carbon arc lamps shows the dark side of early cinema, the lethargic, gloomy faces and bodies of workers who provide projectors with light. Shoe choice shows escape is possible. Shoes connect people to the earth and inappropriate footwear leads to the collapse of the existing order. And finally, the way Vienna's amateur filmmaker and cinematic magician Friedrich Kuplent looks at his city constitutes a kind of destination. (J.D./F.H.)
Introduced by Janneke van Dalen, Florian Haag, and Stefanie Zingl
Piano accompaniment by Elaine Loebenstein
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