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Textfilm. Plötzlich auftretende Stille [Textfilm. The sudden incidence of silence], Video 10 min, Hi8 (A 1997)
A deaf woman is „talking” with her whole body, a young girl recites – entirely uncomprehending – the same text and even John Woo´s „Killer“ displays it on subtitles. Textfilm was produced within the project "Text & Film" (curated by Moucle Blackout) on the base of some lines of a prose written by the Viennese author Thomas Northoff. Referring to the absurd quality und the tendencies towards violence within the literary draft, a filmic essay on language and images, on the conditions of understanding develops. The dramaturgical theme of the film "The Killer" - Blind with violence – merges with speechlessness, lack of comprehension and misunderstandings.

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