A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 6, 2018
Original Title:
Key, washer, coin
Alternate Titles:
Llave, arandela, moneda
Production Companies:
AMS
Filmy Wiktora
Production Countries:
Argentina
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 14
An unclassifiable film that swerves between the realms of conceptualism, comedy, sound art, every-day anecdote and a grim accounting of our “society of control”. Departing from the weird experience of being a “language strategist” in a modern work-place, it sketches out multiple systems of words, symbols, diagrams, gestures and ex-changes – only to deconstruct them, and constantly return us to the realm of “pure signifiers”, the noise that exist before any identifiable meaning, the lines and colours that precede a recognisable image. In a world of logos designed to emotionally manipulate us, Segal values our perceptual freedom.
Cinematography:
Pablo Bernst
Director:
Alan Martín Segal
Sound Mixer:
Manuel de Andrés
Writer:
Alan Martín Segal
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