Ghosts Before Breakfast

synopsis

A legendary film from the interwar avantgarde period is an ultimate showcase of experimental methods ranging from the reverse camera motion and time-lapse recording through work with negative images and strange camera angles to methods of animation. In variously distorted symmetries a house, a tree, weapons, men and hats show up.

biography

Germany’s Hans Richter (1888–1976) believed that it was the artist’s duty to protest war and support revolution. Over time, he turned away from classic visual arts and used it abstract films to undermine the conventions of his era.

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