L'Arrivee


Rental Format(s): 16mm film / 35mm film

L'Arrivée is Tscherkassky's second hommage to the Lumiére-brothers. First you see the arrival of the film itself, which shows the arrival of a train at a station. But that train collides with a second train, causing a violent crash, which leads us to an unexpected third arrival, the arrival of a beautiful woman - the happy-end.

Reduced to two minutes L'Arrivée gives a brief, but exact summary of what cinematography (after its arrival with Lumiéres train) has made into an enduring presence of our visual enviroment: violence, emotions. Or, as an anonymous american housewife (cited by T. W. Adorno) used to describe Hollywood's version of life: "Getting into trouble and out of it again."

Awards:
Segundo Premio at Semana de Cine Experimental 1998, Madrid (Spain)
Honourable Mention at the Ann Arbor Festival 1998 (USA)

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16mm film $35.00  
35mm film $35.00  

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