Desert of the Real(2017)

movie - first aired/released 2017-08-14 - 76 min

Documentary, Science Fiction

Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and documentary footage, he extends the metaphor of the wasteland to today's medial reality. At the heart of so many holographic simulations and replicas, in a world custom-made for selfie and instagram tweets, he reveals emptiness and potential violence. (David Riff) The only way to trace the distinction between the semblance and the Real is, precisely, to STAGE it in a fake spectacle.

Cast

Valeria Lukyanova
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Eugenia Cooney
Essena O'Neill
Nastya Zhidkova
Jülide Bozdoga
Frank Geier
Isabella Hunstiger
Damia Kleemeyer
Johanna Malecki
Luisa Tarazchorus
Katrin Thiemer

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