28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Of Special Merit
director: Hellmuth Costard
original title: Besonders Wertvoll
country: German Democratic Republic
year: 1968
running time: 11 min.
synopsis
A radical political gesture criticizing the new law on film funding in Germany, which included a clause on "immorality" that shook the film community into a sharp debate about whether or not to adopt the film at the Oberhausen festival. The initiator of the law is represented by a talking penis and manifestations of political propagation or servility towards power are made ironic through masturbation between the projected images.biography
German artist Hellmuth Costard (1940-2000) began making films in the mid-sixties while studying psychology. He soon became a rebel who shocked with his pornographic-like works. His camera experiments for a super 8mm film culminated in the film Football As Never Before (1971).more about film
| director: | Hellmuth Costard |
