A Tropical House
Following his formally taut 2013 film Tower House, A Tropical House is Karl-Heinz Klopf´s second cinematic meditation on an architect´s own home, in this case, that of the Indonesian architect Andra Matin, completed in 2013 and located in Bintaro, a suburb of Jakarta. Tower House was composed of almost exactly 40 90-second 360-degree pans moving step-by-step up the building. A Tropical House is made almost entirely of static, medium or long shots, with each succeeding, horizontal view revealing the home, floor by floor, and from a variety of angles. (The few moving shots provide rushes of delight.) The views...
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Orig. Title
A Tropical House
A Tropical House
Year
2015
2015
Countries
Austria, Indonesia
Austria, Indonesia
Duration
51 min
51 min