City in Flames
Jürgen Reble Stadt in Flammen, DE, 1984, 6', 16 mm
Stadt in Flammen is the most volcanic film I've ever seen; the emulsion literally crawls off the film base, like a lava flowing across terrain. Vague generic hospital (soap opera?) footage cracks and crumbles, seeths in the frame in a slow-motion dissolve. Like ancient paintings crack and fall away from their surfaces. This is the other side of Schmelzdahin - the mutilated film. Though they may sometimes claim to shoot no film themselves (only re-working found footage), don't believe it. Schmelzdahin also have built a super 8 optical printer with which they make their film discoveries. (Owen O' Toole 1989/90)
Wed 24/9 Kino SC 18:00
