Harun Farocki
presented by Randall Halle
A selection of works from German filmmaker Harun Farocki (1940-2014) will be
presented by Pitt professor Randall Halle, as part of his course on the German
Avant-garde, including:
presented by Randall Halle
Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
"When we show you pictures of napalm victims, you'll shut your eyes. You'll close your eyes to the pictures. Then you'll close them to the memory. And then you'll close your eyes to the facts."
Thus begins Farocki's critique of American action in Vietnam, and the role of Americanbusiness, labor, and citizenry in the war.
Workers Leaving the Factory (1995)
Based on
one of the Lumière brothers’ historic first films, Farocki creates a montage of scenes from 100 years of film history, all variations on the theme of “workers
leaving the factory.” Farocki uses the
pictures to reflect on the iconography and economy of a workers’ society, as
well as that of cinema itself, which tends to acquire its audience at the gates
of the factory and hijack them into the private sphere.
Tuesday, October 7
6:30p Food & Social
7:00p Screening & Discussion
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