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625

1969 · 33 min

A hypnotic, abstract flicker of inverted television static that rewards patient eyes with shifting textures and droning tones.

Overview
‘625' operates with changing blurs of TV screen rasters, filmed off the TV set and negatively reproduced, and made up of 625 lines. The sound is derived from the light levels of the individual picture elements via a photoresistor.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • art
  • media
  • isolation
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism4
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Birgit Hein, Wilhelm Hein
Runtime
33 min

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