We see the celebration of New Year’s Eve with fireworks in 1988, repeated exactly in 1923, in 1908, and in munitions explosions in 1812, as well as an air attack in World War II and there is no difference in the image. Meanwhile, a group of women tries to remember the words of the third stanza of Schiller’s lyrics to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Freeways, clocks and the solar system form categories which shape experience, while Lenin’s lying in state reminds us of the previous one we saw of Gardel. Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt are philosophers of the city, which is visualized as a gigantic clock. Finally, Freder in Metropolis tries to hold back the hands of the enormous clock/machine anticipating the turn of the century.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1000113
Languages
English
German
Audience classification
unclassified
Subject categories
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Object Types
Artwork
Materials
Single channel moving image, black and white and colour and audio
Holdings
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan