The Way Things Go (1987)
• June 1st, 1987 • 0h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Four Elements
Released on: 1966-01-01
Documentary
An educational film about power sources that’s rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, T...
Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche
Released on: 2007-04-05
Documentary
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
Released on: 2017-03-09
Documentary
Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity. As well sculpting our universe...
Freakonomics
Released on: 2010-10-01
Documentary
Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everythin...
Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real
Released on: 2004-03-05
Fantasy, Documentary
"The Last Dragon" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understa...
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Released on: 2016-10-14
Documentary
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For ...
Vegas Vikings
Released on: 2014-12-06
Documentary, Drama, Thriller
A group of fearless, compassionate individuals with Viking spirit set out to turn around the most da...
AquaBurn
Released on: 2003-01-01
Documentary
AquaBurn is an award-winning documentary film by director Bill Breithaupt showcasing "The Floating W...
Dust Devils
Released on: 2003-05-01
Documentary
A beautifully done video of Burning Man 2001, 2002 & 2003. Lots of people interviews, Center Caf...
Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia
Released on: 2007-12-15
Documentary
With a strong emphasis on founder Larry Harvey and temple artist David Best, this video expresses th...
The Tea Coffee Experiment
Released on: 2017-12-27
Comedy, Documentary, Horror, Mystery
A group of friends come up with the brilliant idea of testing the non-existent drink known as "Tea C...
#monalisa
Released on: 2020-05-29
Documentary
People looking at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre – or are they just looking at themselves?
Frank and Ollie
Released on: 1995-10-20
Documentary
Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of a...
No Impact Man
Released on: 2009-09-04
Documentary
Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle...
Super Size Me
Released on: 2004-01-17
Documentary
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for ...
Rummaging for Pasts
Released on: 2001-11-23
Documentary, History
Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of ...
That Sugar Film
Released on: 2014-07-31
Documentary
One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experim...