Studies for the Decay of the West

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Studies for the Decay of the West

Wyborny’s latest flicker film concentrates on factories, industrial wastelands, waterways, cityscapes, and the bits in between, and has an uncanny emotional resonance. It is “serene, in the manner of ants”—to quote the title of the second section—but it is also elegiac and melancholy. Like two other old cranks (Godard and Straub), the director stays true to ideas about filmic composition gestated over many years and thereby provides a glimpse of a utopian cinema.

Original Title

Studien zum Untergang des Abendlands

Release Date

2010-10-01

Year

2010

Duration

1h 20m

Status

Released

Score

7.00

Production