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Released
1968 · FILM

Rohfilm

Runtime
20 min
Language
DE
Drama

Synopsis

Rohfilm is considered one of the most significant structural films of its time, characterized by a radical anti-representational approach that dismantles the figurative image and redirects focus to the "raw" photographic material, especially its physical form. Avoiding a stable reference point, the film presents a multi-layered experience of blurred impressions, shifting surfaces, and grating sounds, encouraging a sensuous mode of viewing. In its production, the Heins utilized nearly every form of defamiliarization, including direct manipulation of the film strip, rephotography, remediation, and various mechanical interruptions and degradations. The film serves as a striking example of a genuinely handmade approach. (Kim Knowles)

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Principal cast & crew: 2

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