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Poster for Social Sculpture (1969)

Social Sculpture (1969)

1969 · Short film · 12 min · dir. Lutz Mommartz

Synopsis

"Social Sculpture" was filmed in 1969 subsequently after the filming of "400 m IFF". IFF is the name of the available film material, that was already expired, from which approximately 400 m were used for "400 m IFF" and the rest for "Social Sculpture". In "400 m IFF" three men appear in front of the filming camera in the apartment of the author. With Joseph Beuys this situation had been appointed, the other two visitors came by chance before him and played instinctively. "They all noticed the…

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Details

Director
Lutz Mommartz
Released
1969-11-15
Original title
Soziale Plastik
Running time
12 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · idiots don't get it but are welcomed to try · Mutch · 2014-07-25

Well, what more can you say: idiots don't get Beuys would make a greater noir actor. On the other hand he was probably too brilliant to waste time with conventional movies. A pity there's no better quality version though.

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