Virgil Widrich
Short Films
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Original format 16mm
Year 1998-2018
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Virgil Widrich
Subtitles French, English, German
Running time 79 min
Films
TX TRANSFORM (1998) 5'
COPY SHOP (2001) 12'
FAST FILM (2003) 12'
MAKE/REAL (2010) 5'
WARNING TRIANGLE (2011) 6'
BACK TRACK 3D & FLAT versions (2015) 7'
MAKING OF LIGHT MATTER (2018) 5'
TX REVERSE (2019) 5'
VIENNA TABLE TRIP (2016) 2'
NENA & DAVE STEWART: BE MY REBEL (2018) 3'
Description
"The most surprising discovery was probably the 12-minute short film [Copy Shop] by young Austrian director Virgil Widrich. The film consists of 18,000 photocopied images, which means it is neither live action nor animation, and the blurry black and white makes it resemble a lost Murnau film."
—The Guardian
"A kiss, a happy couple. But the woman is kidnapped and the man sets out to rescue her. A dramatic rescue story begins, full of chase scenes. The audience is taken to the center of the Earth and to the enemy's headquarters. On the surface, Fast Film tells a simple story. The catch is that all the scenes were drawn from 300 different works produced throughout cinema history. This tour de force through film history, from the beginnings of silent cinema to today's Hollywood, lasts only 14 minutes: a fast film that could hardly be more furious."
— Peter Tscherkassky