Western 4.33 (2001)
• November 16th, 2001 • 0h 32min
Documentary
Overview
Vertiginous documentary, shot in effective black-and-white, treats two painful histories. The first is a love story about a truck driver who, on his way from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Luderitz (Namibia), is haunted by thoughts of his girlfriend and their recently severed relationship. His memories are expressed in an often recurring scene, in which songs by Alec Empire, Macy Gray and Robert Schumann roughly tell the story. This small history is alternated with the tragic fate of the Namibian Heroro people, many thousands of whom died early last century in concentration camps that had been set up by the German colonisers near Luderitz. The depiction of this history is cruder and more poignant, with slanting frames, odd camera angles and a multi-layered sound sculpture. The dilapidated barracks and officers' quarters are the last remnants of the miscarried, so-called civilisation projects in Africa.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Released on: 1895-03-22
History, Documentary
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on ...
Seven Times a Day We Bemoan Our Lot and at Night We Get Up to Avoid Our Dreams
Released on: 2014-05-04
Animation, Documentary
A cinematic devotional book. Based on interviews with an unemployable sufferer (and his fellows), li...
Darts in the Dark: An Introduction to W.O. Mitchell
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary
Canadian author, humorist and storyteller W.O. Mitchell talks about his career as a writer and perfo...
Todo Todo Teros
Released on: 2006-08-18
Documentary, Drama
Basically an artist is also a terrorist, the protagonist thinks in an unguarded moment. And if he is...
At the Beach
Released on: 2015-03-13
Documentary
Burn victims get to enjoy a family day at the beach thanks to an outing organized by the Association...
The Bomb
Released on: 2017-06-10
Documentary, Animation
Filmmakers use archival footage and animation to explore the culture surrounding nuclear weapons, th...
Larisa
Released on: 1980-10-01
Documentary
Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck...
Night and Fog
Released on: 1959-04-27
Documentary, History
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Hakob Hovnatanyan
Released on: 1967-01-01
Documentary, History
Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilis...
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon
Released on: 1968-08-26
Documentary
On October 21, 1967, over 100,000 protestors gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Mobilization to E...
Land Without Bread
Released on: 1933-12-01
Documentary
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Daybreak Express
Released on: 1953-01-01
Documentary, Music
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...
Somniloquies
Released on: 2017-02-12
Documentary
Works with sound recordings of Dion McGregor, who became famous for talking in his sleep.
Liquidation
Released on: 2013-03-28
Documentary
Scratches. Cross-outs. Stripes. Arnaud is tirelessly attacking ancient masters' painting reproductio...
Arabian Coffee
Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary
'Coffea arábiga' was sponsored as a propaganda documentary to show how to sow coffee around Havana. ...
Sculpture
Released on: 2022-01-01
Documentary, Music, Thriller, Animation, History
Video art of sculpture is the real life story of Rumi (Mevlana) and Shams Tabrizi. Rumi and Shams ar...
Find Fix Finish
Released on: 2017-01-25
Documentary
Find Fix Finish delves into the stories of three US-Drone pilots revealing the clandestine operation...
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Released on: 2019-08-29
Documentary
Having Cuba as a background, decadent and in crisis, in a black-and-white lacerated by the Caraibic ...