28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Happy-End
director: Peter Tscherkassky
original title: Happy-End
country: Austria
year: 1996
running time: 11 min.
synopsis
A joyful found-footage collage in which a man and a woman celebrate, laugh, and dance amidst champagne and a Sachertorte. The editing and image maniplation combine to create an idyllic sense of joy from being together. The footage, which is ordered from end to beginning, culminates in a flutter of dancing film frames.
biography
Thoughtful found-footage and collages, Austria’s Peter Tscherkassky (1958) reveals the structured nature of film and how it is limited by the perforated frame. In 2014, he gave a master class at the Ji.hlava IDFF.
more about film
director: | Peter Tscherkassky |
script: | Peter Tscherkassky |
editing: | Peter Tscherkassky |