The Building (2019) [N/A]
Directed by:
Tatjana Kononenko, Matilda Mester
Release Date:
October 26, 2019
Original Title:
Будинок
Alternate Titles:
Budinok
Budynok
Das Haus
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Production Countries:
Germany | Ukraine
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
An essayistic architecture documentary dwelling on modern day Ukraine, Constructivism and the Soviet revolution.
In the east of Ukraine lies Derzhprom, the House of State Industry. Built between 1925 and 1928, it was intended to embody the idea of Communism. Although it was a poster child for the avant-garde movement, now it seems almost forgotten. Derzhprom acts as a kind of time machine. Space becomes time here. The Building moves between classic, observational documentary and experimental cinema. With very little dialogue, it is rather a poem of moving images. Through the use of mixed materials, including archive films from the 1920s, it reflects on how past and present, movement and time are related to the static nature of architecture.
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