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Color Test: The Red Flag

Color Test: The Red Flag

December 31, 1968
12 minutes
Gerd Conradt
Documentary

Overview

Gerd Conradt films men carrying a red flag in a relay race through Berlin, to hoist it on the balcony of the current Mayor’s seat. A cinematic experiment based on Eadweard Muybridge, Andy Warhol and New American Cinema. A study in men, movements and a symbol. This is the 7th part of this series of film exercises. The other 6 parts were staged by Harun Farocki (Part 1), Carlos Bustamante (Part 2), Helke Sander (Part 3), Holger Meins (Part 4), Wolfgang Petersen (Part 5), Philip Werner Sauber (Part 6).

Movie Details

Release Date

December 31, 1968

Runtime

12 minutes

Director

Gerd Conradt

Production Companies

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

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