Still Life
MovieTitle | Stilleben |
User score | 6.7 |
Release date | May 23, 1997 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Harun Farocki |
Production country | Germany |
Run time | 58 min. |
According to Harun Farocki, today's photographers working in advertising are, in a way, continuing the tradition of 17th century Flemish painters in that they depict objects from everyday life - the "still life". The filmmaker illustrates this intriguing hypothesis with three documentary sequences which show the photographers at work creating a contemporary "still life": a cheese-board, beer glasses and an expensive watch.