Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

1 mins | Nov. 10, 1999

The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is turned into a reflection on reproduction and reality as well as on destruction which takes place on two levels through Gustav Deutsch’s reworking of the material.

Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

1 mins | Nov. 10, 1999

Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes
The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is turned into a reflection on reproduction and reality as well as on destruction which takes place on two levels through Gustav Deutsch’s reworking of the material.
Producers Filmarchiv Austria
Original title Tradition ist die Weitergabe des Feuers und nicht die Anbetung der Asche
Directors Gustav Deutsch
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