QUINTESSENCE
A film by Betty Blitz
Sound by DAVID M SCHUH
A BLITZSCHUH PRODUCTION
12 min 25 sec / B&W
Shooting format: 16mm
Screening format: DCP 2K & Full HD digial
AT / 2022
SUPPORTED by
- Bundesministerium Kunst, Kultur, öffentlicher
Dienst und Sport
- Linz Kultur
- Land Tirol
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You are about to witness one of the spectacular things of our existence – the beginning of you, me, everybody.
This film shows you the time before and afterwards till, that's for sure, it finally ends followed by a big smile.
It is a combination of beautiful well known pictures, symbols and also surprising ways of showing the progress in an abstract form, strongly supported by the sound.
(Text - David M Schuh)
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"Die Verschmelzung zweier Körper, etwas Neues entsteht – in analogen Schwarz-Weiß-Bildern und mit eindringlichem Sound von David M Schuh lässt Betty Blitz’ experimenteller Film das
Wunder des Lebens sichtbar und in mannigfaltigen Gefühlen spürbar werden. Eine genuin filmische Arbeit über den Anfang und das Ende: Werden und Vergehen im Lauf der Zeit – die Quintessenz allen
Daseins." (Cinema Next)
“Two bodies are merging together, something new is created - with analogue black and white images and an immersive sound by David M Schuh, Betty Blitz' experimental film makes the miracle of life visible and perceptible in various feelings. A genuinely cinematic work about the beginning and the end - becoming and passing in the course of time - the quintessence of all existence." (Cinema Next)
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SCREENINGS / FESTIVALS:
FISURA - International Festival of Experimental Film and Video - Mexico
2023 / 03 / 05
LABOR OF LOVE at Schule Friedl Kubelka, Vienna/Austria
2022 / 10 / 25
2022 / 10 / 10