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The Way Things Go (1987)
Directed by David Weiss, Peter Fischli
Documentary · 30m
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
Crew
- Director
- David Weiss, Peter Fischli
- Writer
- Peter Fischli, David Weiss
- Director of Photography
- Pio Corradi
- Editor
- Mirjam Krakenberger, Rainer Trinkler
- Producer
- Marcel Hoehn
Details
- Release date
- 1987-06-01
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland