And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

From the camera obscura to television and film, all the way to the culture of the selfie and non-stop live streaming.

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
Sweden, Denmark 2023
  • Czech
89 min.
Přístupný
  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
About

This dynamic cinematic essay takes us on a roller-coaster ride through chilling, frenzied, and variously fabricated images of reality. They can hypnotize, mobilize, and sometimes even suppress our instinct for self-preservation. Why do we succumb to them en masse, and how can we learn to deal with them better? According to the latest documentary by these two award-winning European filmmakers, in the era of the mass spread of mobile phone cameras, our relationship to photography and video has not necessarily reached its decadent end – perhaps it is just going through puberty.

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Credits
Director: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Screenplay: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Cinematography: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Music: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Sound: Anne Gry Kristiansen
Editing: Mikel Cee Karlson, Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Producer: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
Co-production: Vibeke Vogel
Cast: Vypravěč / Narrated by: Maximilien Van Aertryck; Archivní záběry / Archival footage: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kim Čong-un, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Bruce Lee
Awards

Sundance Film Festival

2023 – Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck (World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award – Creative Vision)

Berlin International Film Festival

2023 – Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck (AG Kino Gilde - Cinema Vision 14plus)

Seattle International Film Festival

2023 – Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck (Youth Jury Prize for Best Futurewave Feature)

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  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.