Harun Farocki Movies

  • 2003
    War at a Distance

    War at a Distance

    War at a Distance

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    In 1991, when images of the Gulf War flooded the international media, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between real pictures and those...

    War at a Distance
  • 1970
    Häuser 1–2

    Häuser 1–2

    Häuser 1–2

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    Häuser 1–2
  • 2005
    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki

    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki

    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki

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    Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki
  • 1995
    Interface

    Interface

    Interface

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    Harun Farocki was commissioned by the Lille Museum of Modern Art to produce a video 'about his work'. His creation was an installation for two...

    Interface
  • 1969
    Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin

    Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin

    Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin

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    Untitled or: Nixon comes to Berlin
  • 2008
    Feasting or Flying

    Feasting or Flying

    Feasting or Flying

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    Feasting or Flying by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann alludes to the statement: "Some dissect a bird in order to eat it, others in order to discover...

    Feasting or Flying
  • 1979
    Industry and Photography

    Industry and Photography

    Industry and Photography

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    Farocki frequently chooses a single news photo as his pretext. In his film he explains convincingly that 'learning from images' is not so much a...

    Industry and Photography
  • 1978

    "Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

    "Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

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    Essay film about Franz Kafka's novel "Amerika".

  • 2002
    Eye / Machine II

    Eye / Machine II

    Eye / Machine II

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    In Eye/Machine II, Farocki has brought together visual material from both military and civilian sectors, showing machines operating intelligently and...

    Eye / Machine II
  • 2010
    Serious Games 1 –

    Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

    Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"

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    An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. Filmed at the United States Marine Corps Air Ground...

    Serious Games 1 –
  • 1987
    Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles

    Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles

    Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles

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    Harun Farocki Interviews Andreas von Rauch, lead actor in Straub-Huillet's "The Death of Empedocles.

    Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles
  • 1968
    Three Shots at Rudi

    Three Shots at Rudi

    Three Shots at Rudi

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    On Easter 1968 an assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke was carried out. Shortly afterwards street battles resulted throughout West Germany....

    Three Shots at Rudi
  • 2007
    Deep Play

    Deep Play

    Deep Play

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    Harun Farocki’s work Deep Play is made up of various perspectives on the final of the 2006 World Cup.

    Deep Play
  • 1967
    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

    The Words of the Chairman

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    I was on a ship – this sounds like a novel: I had just embarked for Venezuela on June 2, 1967 as the Shah of Iran was arriving in West Berlin....

    The Words of the Chairman
  • 2010
    The Silver and the Cross

    The Silver and the Cross

    The Silver and the Cross

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    The work examines the painting Depiction of the Cerro Rico and the Imperial City of Potosí (Oil on canvas, 262 x 181 cm) by Gaspar Miguel des...

    The Silver and the Cross
  • 1978
    A Picture of Sarah Schumann

    A Picture of Sarah Schumann

    A Picture of Sarah Schumann

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    This Harun Farocki film shows the creation of a picture on which the artist worked for nine weeks. Sarah Schumann lives in Berlin and is a pioneer of...

    A Picture of Sarah Schumann
  • 1994
    Re-education

    Re-education

    Re-education

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    Farocki revisits the executive trainer from his earlier "Die Schulung" (Indoctrination, 1987), this time holding a seminar with ex-GDR employees of a...

    Re-education
  • 2007
    Respite

    Respite

    Respite

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    Respite consists of silent black-and-white film shot at Westerbork, a Dutch refugee camp established in 1939 for Jews fleeing Germany. In 1942, after...

    Respite
  • 1980
    Single. A Record is Being Produced

    Single. A Record is Being Produced

    Single. A Record is Being Produced

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    Single is not a theoretical treatise; it just uses clips to show how a single is produced. The song is Time to Love, the singers call themselves...

    Single. A Record is Being Produced
  • 1990
    Kinostadt Paris

    Kinostadt Paris

    Kinostadt Paris

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    Short documentary vignettes and interviews revolving around cinephile life in Paris.

    Kinostadt Paris