Péter Forgács
Wittgenstein Tractatus (1992)
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Forgacs’ Wittgenstein Tractatus is composed of seven short video essays that refer to one of Wittgenstein’s most influential works, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, first published in 1921. Each of Forgacs’ brief essays — set in motion as a torn photograph comes together, only to break apart again — relates to one of Wittgenstein’s philosophical propositions. Black and white home movies from the early twentieth century are accompanied by voice-overs and written texts from Tracatus, in Hungarian and English, and a somber, lyrical score. Scenes of bourgeois life are haunted by forebodings of the future. Drawing upon the disjunction between language and image, Forgacs creates a symbolic illustration of Wittgenstein’s theories of logic, language, reality and representation. —You can download the wonderful Tibor Szemzo soundtrack here.
credits
1992 - 35 minutes
Director: Péter Forgács
Music: Tibor Szemző
Editor: Márta Révész
awards
1993 Wroclaw, Sound Base Arts Video Festival, Grand Prix
1993 Lucerne, VIPER Film & Video Festival, Video Grand Prix
1993 Strasbourg, Int. Film & Video Festival, Les Beaux Jours Prix
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