Film & Discussion "War at a Distance" (2003) and other extracts

Automated destruction and virtual archives | Series of screenings and debates "The Politics of Archival Film II: Confronting the Violence of History - A Tribute to Harun Farocki (1944-2014)"

As part of the film and discussion cycle The Politics of Archival Film II: Confronting the Violence of History - A Tribute to Harun Farocki (1944-2014) organised by Rémy Besson (CRIalt) and Philippe Despoix (UdeM) with the collaboration of Regine Strätling (CCÉAE).

War at a distance

Erkennen und Verfolgen
Documentary
Germany | 2003 | 58 min.
Direction & Script: Harun Farocki

The documentary film essay about the topic of surveillance focuses on the TV images of the 1991 Gulf War. The coverage included pictures that were taken by cameras in the tip of projectiles: "Warfare and war reporting became one. The pictures were fabricated by the military and controlled by it.
The projectiles were equipped with cameras to control them from a distance. The main focus was to avoid enemy fire. Thus, the enemy gets abstracted. The modern, highly technical war does not look to people and tacitly, even disapprovingly, accepts human casualties." (Harun Farocki)" - Harun Farocki via filmportal.de

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