A parachute jump is performed by an artist and his girlfriend at the opening of an exhibition in the artist’s studio. An art dealer and a number of friends are invited to the event.

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The central element in this film is formed by the preparation for and execution of a performance. The performance, a parachute jump, is carried out by an artist (Perrenet) and his girlfriend during the opening of an exhibition. As spectators to the performance, which takes place in the artist’s studio, an art dealer and several friends have been invited. The art dealer enters first, followed by Armand, who looks at some paintings made by Zwartjes; they spout the usual ‘gallery nonsense’. The art dealer appears most interested in the girlfriend. ‘My latest creation’ is how Amand introduces her. The guests who arrive thereafter are introduced in short, independent sections. – letterboxd.com

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Frans Zwartjes is arguably Holland’s preeminent experimental filmmaker. His highly stylised, poetically claustrophobic films achieve a unique level of sensual intimacy in their renditions of sexual and domestic tension, and voyeurism. These wordless works draw on performance art but are equally distinguished by their oneiric visuals, disconcerting editing rhythms and hypnotically minimal sound design. Once Zwartjes has caressed the surface of your eyeballs, you will never see cinema in the same way again. – by Marcos Ortega

In Extremo.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 12 min
Size: 	720 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x540 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 275 kb/s
BPP: 	0.131
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AAC LC

https://nitro.download/view/42C2EEC380262B0/In_Extremo.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/F211AB75F1EB7D5/In_Extremo.en.srt

Language(s):Dutch
Subtitles:English

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