Wilhelm and Birgit Hein – Rohfilm (1968)

In Rohfilm (1968, W. & B. Hein) dirt, sprocket-holes etc. appear independently of a continuous film-strip as aesthetic elements in their own right. Hairs, ashes, bits of tobacco, shredded film-images scraps of paper, sprocket-holes, perforated splicing-tape etc. are glued onto blank film and then re-filmed. The film-strip is then subjected to different reproduction- processes (re-filming from the editing-table, the movieola and the video monitor) and the result is an impression of destruction on a massive scale.

Quote:
“…the Heins’ Grun, Rohfilm, and Reproductions include actual film collage and hand attacks upon the celluloid as well as wandering framelines and sprocket holes. Although the Heins’ technique in these films is less structural, their affirmation (particularly in Rohfilm) of the film’s substance and its physical presence in the projector is overwhelming, more powerful than any American film I have seen.” – David Curtis, Experimental Cinema.

Rohfilm.mkv

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German 2.0ch MP3

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