synopsis
A crazy found-footage collage composed of monotonous, advertising, and playful shots is overlaid with hand-painted illustrations directly on the film emulsion. The outlines of objects peel away from their photographic record and jump into another film. The open refrigerator door spews out its contents until there is a syncopated pause, during which the calf of a leg trembles under the sensual vibration of the word FOOD.
“Our food is radioactive. The fallout descends upon our cities and ourselves. It penetrates everywhere. The world takes on new colours, values are upset, and existence involves risk. Only dreams and expectations remain.” — Eino Ruutsalo
biography
Visual artist, multimedia artist, and filmmaker Eino Ruutsalo (1921–2001) was one of Finland's leading experimental artists in the 1960s. His work includes visual poetry, experimental short films, object assemblages, kinetic light works, and documentary and feature films. He often collaborated with musicians, poets, and dancers. His film
Kinetic Pictures (1962) earned him a reputation as a pioneer of Finnish experimental cinema.
film details
| director: | Eino Ruutsalo |
| producer: | Eino Ruutsalo |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2025 |
| section: | Fascinations: Food |
| language: | No Dialogue |
| subtitles: | No Subtitles |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Eino Ruutsalo |
| original title: | Food |
| country: | Finland |
| year: | 1968 |
| running time: | 5 min. |
