MichaelKlier &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:MichaelKlier @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:30:04 +0200 Der Riese [The Giant] (Michael Klier, 1983/1984) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mpdj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Der Riese [The Giant] (Michael Klier, 1983/1984)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" freebie: a movie from 1984/div div class="img" Der Riese (1983/1984)/div div class="caption" A woman, we only see her hands, waits at a counter while clutching her purse. Her handbag is next to her. The camera focusses on the small space reserved to count out money. DP: n/a./div div class="txt" January 21 redux: a film from 1984 on the date Orwell died (1950). "The film is about observing, about glances that see without being seen, a dubious art of light and visibility." ### – Michael Klier, via According to Harun Farocki, Der Riese was the first narrative film completely compiled out of surveillance footage./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #GeorgeOrwell #MichaelKlier #FoundFootage #ExperimentalFilm #surveillance #documentary #WestGermany #1980s/div /section ]]>

Der Riese [The Giant] (Michael Klier, 1983/1984)

Feb

15

freebie: a movie from 1984

Der Riese (1983/1984)

A woman, we only see her hands, waits at a counter while clutching her purse. Her handbag is next to her. The camera focusses on the small space reserved to count out money. DP: n/a.

January 21 redux: a film from 1984 on the date Orwell died (1950).

β€œThe film is about observing, about glances that see without being seen, a dubious art of light and visibility.”

– Michael Klier, via

According to Harun Farocki, Der Riese was the first narrative film completely compiled out of surveillance footage.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #GeorgeOrwell #MichaelKlier #FoundFootage #ExperimentalFilm #surveillance #documentary #WestGermany #1980s

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