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Images of War

2006 · 10 min

A short, unsettling collage of war footage that turns spectacle into dread, asking you to sit with the images rather than enjoy them.

Overview
"This film is a found footage montage of war coverage since World War II. The clips are taken from television documentaries from Arte to CNN. The images show aestheticized fireworks from Dresden to Bagdad, where people only appear as shadows. The sound is also a collage with Liszt's 'Prelude' as the pathetic announcement of the nazi news to the fanfare of the CNN. Only in the last sequences death becomes real. The images of operational missions comes from amateur videos of the American soldiers who have posted them on the net, accompanied by rock music." - Birgit Hein.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • media
    • violence
    • death
    • power
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror5
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Directed by
    Birgit Hein
    Runtime
    10 min

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