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The Force Behind Its Movement Stiftung (1984)
Directed by Madelon Hooykaas, Elsa Stansfield
Documentary · 17m
‘The Force Behind its Movement’ is structured in four parts, corresponding with the cardinal directions – West, South, East and North. These parts/directions have in common that they appear through or because of the wind. The work opens with the text: ‘We only see the fluttering of the flag. The force behind its movement remains invisible.’ Next, the camera, attached to a wind vane, moves around chaotically. Curtains are waving softly, affecting our view of a block of flats. The camera determines our view, literally, by alternatively focusing and moving out of focus. Then the curtain flaps in front of a screen, which shows Marilyn Monroe wearing a number of tulle shawls. This cover aimed at revealing more than it covered. But the tulle curtains prove exactly the opposite, because the viewer in fact reverts to being a voyeur again.
Crew
- Director
- Madelon Hooykaas, Elsa Stansfield
Details
- Release date
- 1984-01-01
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- XX
- Spoken languages
- No Language