Life in Loops (A Megacities RMX) (2006)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Timo Novotny

Writers:

Michael Glawogger (writer)
Timo Novotny (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The first Filmremix in History

Plot:

A remix of images and sounds, using a films original material and mixing it with new imagery.

Plot Keywords:

Remix | Rmx | Film Remix | Megacities | Filmremix

Awards:

1 win

Runtime:

Austria:79 min

Country:

Austria

Language:

English | Hindi | Japanese | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Austria:16 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2007) | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Bombay Port Trust, India

Movie Connections:

Edited from Megacities (1998)

impressive symphony of sounds, words and images

impressive movie-documentary, one of the most amazing filmworks i have seen lately. the power is not in the images themselves, nor in the spoken words themselves or in the music itself, but in the way they feed each other in the fortes and pianos of the score of the movie, which flows like a symphony where everything achieves its own meaning at the right time with the right tempo and the right volume in the right light and signification: it all works symbiotically and emotively like as guided by a heartbeat metronome. the original dub/techno/trance groove, scripted for the movie by sofa surfers, drives to resonance colors, lights and dramatic power of the film images; it creates a wonderfully timed counterpoint with the frantic monologues, a patchwork of urban philosophy over the sense of life and junk reaction to the nonsense. music calls for the whole body to vibrate with the eyes and brain: it's a full-immersion multimedial experience, which has to be lived in a dolby-surround theater with a large screen: eyes, ears, heart, guts and nerves are all called to participate in the rhythm of the movie. and this is the reason why i don't personally think it's worth it to be watched on a DVD at home.