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Eye/Machine I (TV) (S)

6.8

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Original title: Auge/Maschine I
Year: 2001
Running time: 25 min.
Country: Germany
Director: Harun Farocki
Screenwriter: Harun Farocki
Cast: Documentary
Producer: 3Sat, Harun Farocki, ZDF
Genre: Documentary | Short Film. TV Movie
Synopsis: The film centers on the images of the Gulf War, which caused worldwide outrage in 1991. In the shots taken from projectiles homing in on their targets, bomb and reporter were identical, according to a theory put forward by the philosopher Klaus Theweleit. At the same time it was impossible to distinguish between the photographed and the (computer) simulated images.

The loss of the 'genuine picture' means the eye no longer has a role as historical witness. It has been said that what was brought into play in the Gulf War was not new weaponry but rather a new policy on images. In this way the basis for electronic warfare was created. Today, kilo tonnage and penetration are less important than the so-called C3I cycle, which has come to encircle our world. C3I refers to Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence - and means global and tactical early warning systems, area surveillance through seismic, acoustic and radar sensors, radio direction sounding, monitoring opponents' communications, as well as the use of jamming to suppress all these techniques. Harun Farocki explores the question of how military image technologies find their way into civilian life.

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Eye/Machine I (TV) (S)

2001

Harun Farocki

6.8

(22)