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Give me back the Propeller

Masha Godovannaya

Experimental film / Found Footage | Russie | digital | 4:3 | b&w/color | mono | 2009 | 20'  00"
30 €

Original title: верни мне пропеллер Original language: Russe Screening Copy: digital
The film “Give me back the propeller” is an idiosyncratic personal reflection on a mythical image of masculinity in cinema and the clash between cinematic representation and real life. Endlessly repeated shots of airplanes and paratroopers taken from a film by Alexander Dovzhenko “Aerograd” (1935) accompanied by an absurd anthem to mythical masculine powers, these images and music had been hunting me for a long time until they found their counterpart – a documentary footage accidentally shot a few years ago. Combination of two different materials created a comment on time, space, cinema and reality.

Credits

Director: Masha Godovannaya

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