A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 6, 1986
Original Title:
Wie man sieht
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 72
In 'As You See', Farocki searches for those instances and facts in the history of technology that have been overlooked or ignored, also exploring the ambivalent relationship between technologies developed for civil use and those designed for military purposes. Thus the film for instance describes how in the 1970s workers at the British arms factory Lucas Aerospace attempted to develop socially useful products to replace the company's military output. Rather than following a linear argument, this essay-film juxtaposes disparate images and weaves them into a mosaic-like structure which makes it possible for the viewers to make their own connections between the different images as well as between the images and the commentary.
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