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The garage, therefore I am.
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If driving is a secular religion, then the construction
of garages is the construction
of temples. They compare with churches as sites of
numinosity. From within and
without garages are presented here as holy sites, in the face of which
man must feel himself small and insignificant.
The film follows the aesthetics of the old fashioned slide show evening
during which a single topic was to be illuminated by a multitude of individual
images accompanied by the photographer's long winded commentary.
In parody the film examines the value given to cars, the
fetish of a modern way of life gone mad. The film can also be regarded
as silly nonsense. That's one thing it has in common with its
subject.
An excerpt from the script
"A mere
glance in a simple garage-o-teque is enough. Just as in the lexicon of
church history there are discoveries, analogies and angelic logics:
the Bronze Age as garage, Noah's Ark as garage, the catacombs as
garage, the scholastic cloister as garage, Cardinal Meisner as garage."
Awards
The Garage, therefore I am won two prizes at the 4th Düsseldorf Film Festival on November 30, 2008. Selected not only by the Jury for it's First Prize, it was also the audience's pick as one of the best films of the festival.
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The garage, therefore I am.
(D 2006) 8'20"
Directed by:
Hanns-Marcus Müller
& Jörg Rühenbeck
Format: Mini DV |
Film clip (1'04")
Available in German only. For a translation of the commentary see "An excerpt from the script".
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