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The Illegal Film

Film201984 min

Directed by Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer

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Who owns the image(s) of the world?

Since time immemorial, we have used images to form a picture of the world. But never before has there been as much filming and photography as there is currently. But how do people deal with it when the world and its image merge? The filmmakers Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer show how quickly and profoundly the way we deal with images is changing. Will we eventually move into a world in which reality and image can no longer be distinguished from each other?Read moreLess

Since time immemorial, we have used images to form a picture of the world. But never before has there been as much filming and photography as there is currently. But how do people deal with it when the world and its image merge? The filmmakers Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer show how quickly and profoundly the way we deal with images is changing. Will we eventually move into a world in which reality and image can no longer be distinguished from each other?

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Since time immemorial, we have used images to form a picture of the world. But never before has there been as much filming and photography as there is currently. But how do people deal with it when the world and its image merge? The filmmakers Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer show how quickly and profoundly the way we deal with images is changing. Will we eventually move into a world in which reality and image can no longer be distinguished from each other?

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Susan SontagSusan SontagSelf (archive footage)
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Director of Photography
Boris Fromageot
Director of Photography
Marcus Winterbauer
Director of Photography
Martin Baer
Director of Photography
Martin Koddenberg
Director of Photography
Sebastian Hattop
Director of Photography
Thomas Kutschker
Director
Martin Baer