Red Morning

Men waving during a functional test. A group of men can be seen standing in a row, performing simple hand movements: with their arms bent vertically in front of their torsos, the men move their hands sharply up and down from the wrist. One of them, with a grim expression on his face, bangs his clenched fist up and down in front of him. In some shots, the hands are clasped as if in prayer. The images are highly abstracted by the filming technique and bathed in a garish, bright red. The uncertainty already triggered by the inexplicable or unexplained nature of the first hand movement is further intensified by the aggressive style of the fist’s striking motion. (Peter Tscherkassky)


 

Orig. Title
Roter Morgen
Year
1990
Country
Austria
Duration
4 min
Director
Dietmar Brehm
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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Red Morning (Image)
Red Morning (Image)
Credits
Director
Dietmar Brehm
Production
Dietmar Brehm
Available Formats
16 mm (Original Format)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
mono
Frame Rate
24 fps
16 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
mono
Frame Rate
24 fps
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)