Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes (1999)
• November 10th, 1999 • 0h 1min
Overview
The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is turned into a reflection on reproduction and reality as well as on destruction which takes place on two levels through Gustav Deutsch’s reworking of the material.
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