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DOCUMENTARY
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces
Robert Adrian Pejo
Mankind will be saved, though in an unexpected way - through extermination. Both mass murderers and so-called normal citizens
kill and destroy not out of greed or stupidity, but "simply because we were born." Our birth was our original sin. "That's
nature," according to the New York artist Joe Coleman, who doesn't think the human race has a chance. Nature has provided
all the necessary elements: cities like tumors, violence, divorce, perversions and atomic bombs, all of which are products
of human nature. Coleman confronts these dim prospects with a healthy dose of black humor, with performances in which he bites
the heads off live mice and blows himself up with dynamite, and with painted works which have earned an important place in
the art world. Outcasts, killers and freaks populate his art.
This film is an entertaining art thriller: "It's at least as diverting as an Eastwood film, though the viewer will drop a
few pounds of illusions while watching it."
Technical Data | |
Running time: | 88 |
Format: | Super-16 mm (Blow-up 35 mm) |
Screen ratio: | 1:1.66 |
Sound: | Dolby SR |
Language spoken: | English |
Subtitles: | German |
Production year: | 1996 |
Credits | |
Director(s): | Robert Adrian Pejo |
Writer(s): | Walt Michelson |
Cinematography: | Wolfgang Lehner |
Editing: | Robert-Adrian Pejo |
Key cast: | Joe Coleman, Jim Jarmusch, Hasil Adkins |
Producer: | Robert-Adrian Pejo |
Producers: | Michael Seeber, Heinz Stussak |