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Slaughterhouses of Modernity (2023)
Directed by Heinz Emigholz
Documentary · 1h 20m
Contemporary cinema’s preeminent chronicler of architecture and its intersection with the ever-present crisis of 20th-century modernity, Heinz Emigholz returns with an alternately mournful and sly treatise on how the presence—and, in some cases, absence—of municipal and communal building architecture is inseparable from capitalist ideology. Focusing mainly on cities and provinces in Argentina, Germany, and Bolivia, Emigholz’s latest film is a work of quiet observation and historical excavation. From slaughterhouses in Salamone to the flooded former spa city of Epecuén to the newly built Humboldt Forum in Berlin, the film demonstrates the effect of capital on public spaces, where creation and destruction go hand in hand, and as always, Emigholz makes the journey one of intellectual force and cinematic beauty.
Cast
Susanne Bredehöft
Heinz Emigholz
Crew
- Director
- Heinz Emigholz
- Writer
- Heinz Emigholz
- Editor
- Heinz Emigholz, Till Beckmann
- Producer
- Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti
Details
- Original title
- Schlachthäuser der Moderne
- Release date
- 2023-01-19
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Filmgalerie 451