STADT IN FLAMMEN

by SCHMELZDAHIN

1984 / Super 8mm or 16 mm or Beta SP / coul / sonore / 5' 00

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This film has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, during the 2007 digitization plan. The total length of the film is available online. The full movie is viewable in our documentation center.

Film material is subjected to biochemical processes by burying it in the garden, storing it in a pond, or overheating it. The results of these natural processes of decay or aging are then copied back onto film and thus conserved in the state of their dissolution. In "Stadt in Flammen" the scenes melt due to overheating, producing an infernal image impression of disappearance. The images no longer show a figuratively represented scene, but rather its dissolution as a temporal process

3 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	16 mm 1 reel (55 meters)
speed	24 ips
screen	1,37 - standard
sound	optique
rental fee	23,00 €

distribution format	Beta SP (PAL) 1 reel
speed	25 ips
sound	sonore Mono
rental fee	23,00 €

distribution format	Super 8mm 1 reel
speed	18 ips
sound	magnétique
rental fee	23,00 €