Harun Farocki Movies

  • 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".

  • 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
  • 1969
    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets

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    According to Fritz J. Raddatz, Rosa Luxemburg cried when she read Marx's concept of value. I was just as disappointed by the Cine-Tracts made in May...

    Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets
  • 1997
    The Interview

    The Interview

    The Interview

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    In the summer of 1996, Farocki filmed application training courses in which one learns how to apply for a job. School drop-outs, university...

    The Interview
  • 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 –
  • 2003
    Eye / Machine III

    Eye / Machine III

    Eye / Machine III

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    The third part of the Eye/Machine cycle structures the material around the concept of the operational image. These are images which do not portray a...

    Eye / Machine III
  • 2005
    Aufstellung

    Aufstellung

    Aufstellung

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    The diagrams used to help represent consumer shopping baskets, the pensions deficit or migration are anachronistic, Farocki posits; Whether...

    Aufstellung
  • 1975
    About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

    About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

    About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright

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    Song of Ceylon was commissioned for the short-lived German TV-series Telekritik and broadcasted in 1975. In Telekritik documentary approaches were...

    About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
  • 1995
    Workers Leaving the Factory

    Workers Leaving the Factory

    Workers Leaving the Factory

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    Using one of the Lumière Brothers' first films of workers leaving the Factory as his starting point, Farocki provides an insight to changes in...

    Workers Leaving the Factory
  • 1973
    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television

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    Refreshingly, Farocki lays his cards on the table at the very beginning of the film, “I want to demonstrate that most feature films are of the...

    The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television
  • 2009
    In Comparison

    In Comparison

    In Comparison

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    In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director's 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third. Spanning continents and cultures, the...

    In Comparison
  • 1967
    The Campaign Volunteer

    The Campaign Volunteer

    The Campaign Volunteer

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    Der Wahlhelfer deals with the development of a young trainee lawyer and FDP (Free Democrat Party) supporter who becomes a revolutionary.

    The Campaign Volunteer
  • 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
  • 2010
    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow

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    An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In A Sun With No Shadow, Farocki calls attention to...

    Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
  • 2010
    Serious Games 1–4

    Serious Games 1–4

    Serious Games 1–4

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    Harun Farocki: Serious Games I–IV (2009–10) explores the use of virtual reality and gaming technology in U.S. military recruitment,...

    Serious Games 1–4
  • 1972
    Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

    Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life

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    “Farocki’s ten-minute short film is composed of shots of an AFN DJ at work…and of a car ride, whereby the camera points out of the...

    Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
  • 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
  • 1986
    As You See

    As You See

    As You See

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    In 'As You See', Farocki searches for those instances and facts in the history of technology that have been overlooked or ignored, also exploring the...

    As You See
  • 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
  • 2012
    A New Product

    A New Product

    A New Product

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    A New Product is a corporate documentary, or, that is, a document of corporate qualities; specifically about what seems to be a small company whose...

    A New Product