Serious Games 4: A Sun with No Shadow (2010)
Douban
严肃游戏4:无影日光
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Ernste Spiele IV: Eine Sonne ohne Schatten
director:
Harun Farocki
playwright:
哈伦·法罗基
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Matthias Rajmann
genre:
Documentary
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Short
region:
Germany
language:
English
length: 8m
release date: 2010
IMDb: tt2795314
Ernste Spiele IV: Eine Sonne ohne Schatten
Overview
In this fourth of a four part series, media artist Harun Farocki explores the interplay between modern warfare and electronic media using computer simulation and documentary footage. Originally presented as a simultaneous four-screen gallery video installation, the separate films are available exclusively on realeyz.tv.
Director's Notes to part IV:
“This chapter considers the high degree of similarity between the images used in briefing for war and those used in debriefing once it’s over. There is one difference, however: the program for recalling traumatic experiences is slightly cheaper. Here, nothing and nobody casts a shadow.”
(Harun Farocki)