Self-Examination Remote Control

A fragile Super 8 self-portait rediscovered on 35mm, made by a struggeling nineteen year old discontented with the pseudo-Brakhagean spectacle presented by her fellow students at the end of the 1970´s. I shot with a remote control and intercut magnetic striped passages of black to record my quandary. The paradoxical predicament of being both subject and object in myself resulted in a film that represents a perhaps obligatory phase of cinematic narcissism in the early work of an aspiring avant-garde filmmaker.

(Eve Heller)

Orig. Title
Self-Examination Remote Control
Year
1981 - 2010
Countries
USA, Austria
Duration
5 min
Director
Eve Heller
Category
Experimental
Orig. Language
English
Credits
Director
Eve Heller
Concept & Realization
Eve Heller
Production
Menzel Films
Supported by
Innovative Film Austria
Available Formats
35 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
sound
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
colour
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)