Archive of films And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine / And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

Sweden / Denmark
2023, 85 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2023

Synopsis

From the camera obscura to television and film, all the way to the culture of the selfie and non-stop live streaming, this dynamic cinematic essay takes us on a roller-coaster ride through chilling, frenzied, and variously fabricated images of reality. They can hypnotize, mobilize, and sometimes even suppress our instinct for self-preservation. Why do we succumb to them en masse, and how can we learn to deal with them better? According to the latest documentary by these two award-winning European filmmakers, in the era of the mass spread of mobile phone cameras, our relationship to photography and video has not necessarily reached its decadent end – perhaps it is just going through puberty.

Ondřej Pavlík

About the director

Axel Danielson (1976, Vittskövle, Sweden) and Maximilien Van Aertryck (1989, Paris). Joint filmography: Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet, 2016, doc short), Because the World Never Stops (2016, doc.), Jobs for all! (Arhete at alla!, 2021, doc short), And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (2023, doc.).

Contacts

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And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

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About the film

Color, Black & White, DCP

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Screenplay:	Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Dir. of Photography:	Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Music:	Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Sound:	Anne Gry Kristiansen
Editor:	Mikel Cee Karlson, Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Producer:	Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Production:	Plattform Produktion
Coproduction:	Bullitt Film, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television
Sales:	Heretic
Distributor:	Aerofilms