Short film
Elfriede Jelinek. News from Home 18.8.88
1988 · 30 min
A dry, cerebral video essay that watches a writer watch television, rewarding patience with wry critical distance.
- Directed by
- Valie Export
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- “Writer Elfriede Jelinek has repeatedly made statements about her television-watching habits. She watches a great deal, a wide variety of what is broadcast, though rarely for pleasure or the purpose of gaining knowledge. On the contrary, the TV program is one of her favorite objects of study. Three separate times on a particular day, while sitting in a comfy TV chair, she commented on Austrian TV news for VALIE EXPORT.” – Brigitta Burger-Utzer
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Media, politics, isolation, art
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Valie Export
- Genres
- Documentary