Alfred Kaiser - Decomposing Nazi Phraseology

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In the second half of the 1970s Alfred Kaiser was entirely unknown to the film world when he went public with two films, namely A Third Reich (1975) and A Third Reich from Its Refuse (1977). Both compilation films bridge the threshold between avant-garde and documentary cinema and were enthusiastically received by audiences and film critics alike upon their release. To this day, these two closely related films occupy a place of particular significance in the history of Austrian cinema, not least due to their subject matter and compositional virtuosity.

Kaiser took footage solely from the era of Nazi film production to make both films which each have a running time of just under 30 minutes. He constellated an evocative montage of image and sound from an abundance of excerpts gleaned from cultural, industrial and feature films as well as propagandistic Nazi newsreels and amateur movies from the 1930s and 1940s. A Third Reich and A Third Reich from Its Refuse are multifaceted compositions that derive from an analytical collision of image and sound metaphors. In brief, their conceptual critique equally serves as an attempt to illustrate and demolish the world of Nazi thought and imagery. (Constantin Wulff)

Contents:
- A Third Reich (1975, 16mm, b/w, 28 min)
- A Third Reich From Its Refuse (1977, 16mm, b/w, 26 min)

Extras
- 21 Water Colors: Hitler Series (1974/75)

24 pages German/English booklet:
"A Voice In Opposition To The German Spirit"
On Alfred Kaiser's films A Third Reich and A Third Reich from Its Refuse, by Constantin Wulff.

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28,80 EUR

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Publishing date: 

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Discs: 

1

Region: 

Multizone

Video: 

PAL

Aspect ratio: 

4:3

Colour: 

Colour & B&W

Sound: 

DD2.0