Format VOD
Original format 35mm, 16mm, Super8, HD
Year 1998-2016
Language(s) German, English
Artist(s) Virgil Widrich
Running time 50 min
Films
COPY SHOP (2001) 12'
FAST FILM (2003) 14'
TX-TRANSFORM (1998) 4'
BACKTRACK (2015) 7'
MAKE REAL (2010) 5'
WARNING TRIANGLE (2011) 6'
VIENNA TABLE TRIP (2016) 1'
Description
"The most striking discovery was undoubtedly the 12-minute short film [Copy Shop] by young Austrian director Virgil Widrich. The film is composed of 18,000 photocopied images, placing it on the border between live action and animation, and its blurry black and white gives it the appearance of a lost Murnau film."
— The Guardian
"A kiss, a happy couple. But suddenly, the woman is kidnapped, and the man sets out to rescue her. A dramatic rescue story begins, full of frantic chase scenes. The viewer is drawn all the way to the center of the Earth and the enemy's headquarters. On the surface, Fast Film tells a simple story. What makes it special is that all its scenes are extracted from 300 different works from cinema history. This tour de force through the history of the seventh art, from its silent beginnings to contemporary Hollywood, lasts only 14 minutes: a truly fast film that could hardly be more furious."
— Peter Tscherkassky