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★

Imagina 2018 / ★ / Austria 2017

Johann Lurf compiled his film solely from images of the universe drawn from a total of 550 films across motion picture history. The result is a compelling poetic essay that is as much about the way we represent outer space as it is about the cosmos itself.

★ ★

Synopsis

Since the dawn of humankind we have been fascinated by the nighttime sky shining with stars. Beyond our view of these luminous points, the deep and endless universe spreads out, its faraway galaxies and nebulae invisible to the naked eye, leaving us to ponder them with mere speculation or in dreams. Our conception of the stars and the cosmos has been formed by others’ imaginations: scientists, science popularizers, and artists. Inevitably, our own ideas, fears, aspirations, and even our changing modes of depicting and thinking about them are detectable in these imaginings. Johann Lurf compiled his film solely from images of the universe drawn from a total of 550 films across motion picture history. The result is a compelling poetic essay that is as much about the way we represent outer space as it is about the cosmos itself.

Hubert Poul

About the film

99 min / Color, Black & White, DCP

Director Johann Lurf / Screenplay Johann Lurf / Editor Johann Lurf / Producer Johann Lurf / Sales sixpackfilm
www: www.johannlurf.net/star

About the director

Johann Lurf

Johann Lurf (b. 1982, Austria). Selected filmography: Vertigo Rush (2007), The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog (Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich 140 9, 2009), Endeavour (2010), Reconnaissance (2012), Picture Perfect Pyramid (2013), Twelve Tales Told (2014), Capital Cuba (2015)

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Brigitta Burger-Utzer
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Johann Lurf
Film Director

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