Images of the World and the Inscription of War

1991 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 345 VOTES · DIR. Harun Farocki

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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
00:02:00 And I'd like to know where you actually want to go, over.
00:02:13 Impossible, we would have heard you... OK, I've checked it out.
00:07:19 Ah here's the barracks, hang on, I'll check it out.
00:09:25 That's the thermal shadows. There was one there just now.
00:09:37 from previous warming up, that this one has been here longer.
00:09:51 The wings indicate the difference
00:10:04 exactly as long as that one
00:24:17 Part set up.
00:34:28 Thermal image Automatic picture evaluation.
00:42:15 here from the roof... the gables...
00:42:41 that the video camera is not focused on the field beneath
00:46:33 The attack was probably aimed at Daimler-Benz.
00:52:58 It is better sometimes not to think.
00:57:02 Yes, then what's that in front there?
00:57:17 Notice the length-breadth relation. It's camouflaged.
00:57:34 M-1 13 under a net.
00:57:47 the rectangular hatch at the back.
01:10:43 Prevent Access!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed76
Dialogue density1.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:10:43

Production Record

DirectorHarun Farocki
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes345