Lurf_Star©Sixpackfilm


Johann Lurf

AT 2017

99 min – HD – div. languages

Concept & Realisation: Johann Lurf – T: Nils Kirchhoff – V:  sixpackfilm, Wien


Friday 12 okt 9 pm filmmuseum münchen

This film’s ambition is both precise and lofty: an exploration of cinematic history consisting solely of scenes of starry skies. No landscapes, not even trees or roofs. A cloud or a satellite perhaps. No subtitles either. The excerpts retain their original – often kitsch or bombastic – soundtracks and are in chronological order. Initially, the iconography is pretty naive, but later viewers are presented with a galaxy of stylistic approaches and technical solutions. The more recent, the more realistic.
(IFF Rotterdam 2018)

Johann Lurf   born in Vienna in 1982. Since 2002 he has studied at Vienna´s Academy of Fine Arts. 2009 diploma at Harun Farocki´s filmclass.

Films   Vertigo Rush 2007 – 12 Explosionen 2008 (4. UX) – Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen… 2009 (5. UX) – Endeavour 2010 – Kreis Wr.Neustadt 2011 (5. UX) – Reconnaissance 2012 (8. UX) – Embargo 2014 (10. UX) – Twelve Tales Told 2014 (10. UX) – Capital Cuba 2015 (11. UX)