Studies for the Decay of the West
7.2
Wyborny’s latest flicker film concentrates on factories, industrial wastelands, waterways, cityscapes, and the bits in between, and has an uncanny emotional resonance. It is “serene, in the manner of ants”—to quote the title of the second section—but it is also elegiac and melancholy. Like two other old cranks (Godard and Straub), the director stays true to ideas about filmic composition gestated over many years and thereby provides a glimpse of a utopian cinema.
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Studies for the Decay of the West
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1 person
Klaus Wyborny Director
First release October 1, 2010 · Produced in Germany · Original title Studien zum Untergang des Abendlands
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Germany
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Original title
Studien zum Untergang des Abendlands
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Austria · October 1, 2010
Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
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Germany
October 2, 2011 · Premiere · Source: IMDB (Hamburg Film Festival)
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