Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1991 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 345 VOTES · DIR. Harun Farocki
Overview
Farocki’s intriguing and troubling film explores the processes of visual perception and how they affect our understanding of history and society. In a work reminiscent of the writings of Paul Virilio and Michel Foucault, Farocki examines a range of phenomena including aerial reconnaissance photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Dialogue Timeline — 76 lines
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00:00:00 Images of the World and the Inscription of War
00:01:56 that normally you have to report to Elbe 1.
00:02:06 we'd already called, nothing doing.
00:02:17 Sea traffic information for you.
00:07:23 Yeh, the relevant coordinates must be:
00:09:25 That's the thermal shadows. There was one there just now.
00:09:34 You also see from these exhaust fumes
00:09:46 You can only say this one was there longer than that one.
00:09:56 For example here it is full and here empty.
00:10:06 and these two here haven't been there as long.
00:24:17 Part set up.
00:26:09 they've been lying there for years.
00:42:09 ...that again is also the house wall...
00:42:26 that's not right: the picture level is shifted...
00:42:47 but rather, for instance, on a person passing by
00:46:33 The attack was probably aimed at Daimler-Benz.
00:52:58 It is better sometimes not to think.
00:53:15 You want to find a measurement, don't you.
00:57:09 Look here, that's a group of bushes.
00:57:21 Ah, it's camouflaged!
00:57:37 If you really... there you can see the netting...
00:57:47 the rectangular hatch at the back.
01:02:44 I CANNOT FORGIVE
01:12:41 Narrated by Cynthia Beatt
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed76
Dialogue density1.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:12:41
Production Record
DirectorHarun Farocki
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes345