Plot Summary
In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film that would help them sell their beers; Kubelka had other ideas. He shot his film with a camera that did not even have a viewer, simply pointing it in the general direction of the action. He then took many months to edit his footage, while the company fumed and demanded a finished product. Finally he submitted a film, 90 seconds long, that featured extremely rapid cutting (cutting at the limits of most viewers' perception) between images washed out almost to the point of abstraction — in black-and-white positive and negative and with red tint — of dimly visible people drinking beer and of the froth of beer seen in a fully abstract pattern.
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Director & Crew
Peter Kubelka
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 4.9/10 based on 54 votes.
Who directed Schwechater?
Schwechater was directed by Peter Kubelka and released in 1958.
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Schwechater has a runtime of 0 hours and 2 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1958-01-01
- Status
- Released