Werner Nekes
Media Magica 1 - Film Before Film
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Original format 35mm
Year 1985
Language(s) German, English, French
Artist(s) Werner Nekes, Bernd Upnmoor, Christoph Schlingensief, Serge Roman, Anthony Moore
Running time 80 min
Films
MEDIA MAGICA 1 : FILM BEFORE FILM (1986) 83'
Description
Werner Nekes' film is a journey into the magical realm of pre-cinema images, where discoveries are as fascinating as they are instructive. By showing the ingenuity with which "writing with light" was already practiced in that era, and by exposing the expressive possibilities that anticipated those of cinematic language, it opens our eyes to the magic of today's images.