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Elementary Filmhistory

1974 · 90 min

A cerebral, collage-like experiment that asks you to watch cinema itself think, rewarding patience with structural revelation rather than story.

Directed by
Klaus Wyborny
Overview
"In the early 1970s I filmed compact versions of a series of films that came on television and interested me, which should lead to revealing at least essential parts of their structure. In 1974, 30 of those experiments were mounted in sequence - so more or less chronologically - forming a film entitled Elementary Filmhistory. This film was intended to make a broad reading of the direction in which the cinema grew from 1960." (Klaus Wyborny)

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Directed by
Klaus Wyborny
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  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • art
  • media
  • memory
  • identity
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None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity9
Emotional weight3

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Directed by
Klaus Wyborny
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany
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