There is more then that, 2022 10 min, Digital 4K & Super 8mm, 2,35:1
Synopsis
The victory of the sensorial is the
achievement which can be gained from the sacrifice of the rational.
Another idea of existence is at the center of the film. Three
protagonists are looking forward in the darkness of the night. As if
in a state of limbo, it is not possible to see where they are
drifting. The three seem to be caught in a 'Beckett'schen loop', of
their own selves. In a stone mine they try to look for answers, but
no one really knows what they are looking for. Nevertheless, the
weather seems to be good.
Based on the book "The Myth of
Sisyphus" by Albert Camus, a space of the grotesque is created
and at the same time the realization that the desire to understand
prevents us from finding answers. Since the beginning of the 21st
century, more rock material is shifted annually by the construction
of the earth than by rivers, erosion and other non-humanly triggered
processes. This circumstance Kasses trys to intertwined with the
story of Sisyphus, who ultimately found happiness and meaning in
rolling the stone up the mountain again and again. Architectural
buildings that seem to reach into the endless heights are intended to
trace this distortion of spatiality, which is always also in relation
to the body, which leads to the question of the relationship between
life and work. Can these areas be separated at all? Can we respond in
an individual way to the most diverse needs? Can a collective sense
of alienation also be treated collectively?
Cast & Crew
Buch & Regie: Alex Kasses
Cast: Julia Franz Richter, Claudia Kainberger & Sebastjian Gec Kamera, Schnitt & Musik: Alex Kasses Assistence: Johanna Karg, Michael Wallinger & Gabriel Schnetzer
