The Way Things Go
7.5
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
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Peter Fischli Director · David Weiss Director Pio Corradi Cinematographer
First release June 1, 1987 · Produced in Switzerland
Production
Switzerland
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 1, 1987
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 11, 1988 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Switzerland
August 1, 1987 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
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