Short film
Asemie – The inability to express oneself through facial expressions
1973 · 7 min
A dense, confrontational performance piece that feels like an intellectual provocation, asking you to decode symbols rather than follow a story.
- Directed by
- Valie Export
- Overview
- A densely symbolic video performance that became a scandal in 1977 when Staberl, one of Austria’s most infamous right-wing columnists, attacked Export as a violator of animal rights. Export won the ensuing court case with a beginner’s lesson in filmmaking for the judge and jury…
- How it feels
- Tense, dark, satirical and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Identity, art, gender, power
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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