Short film

My Wife in 5

1985 · 14 min

A jolting, scratchy collage of mismatched music and images that plays like a broken record you can't stop watching.

Overview: In MY WIFE IN FIVE, Schlingensief composes tracks and takes to a shimmering cinematic music piece. The playlist changes constantly between the styles, as if this record had a jump – Irving Berlin's This Is The Army, Mr. Jones, an Ave Maria Variation and Jacques Offenbach's world-famous Infernal Galop can be heard. Equally to the music the pictures also have scratches. The music film MY WIFE IN FIVE was created during a sound seminar by Christoph Schlingensief with students of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. It already contains all forms of cinematic means and alienation, which he later used in his theatre and opera productions.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, campy and eerie. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Art, music, madness, identity
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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