Landscape (1995) 7 min., S8

Follow up (1995) 3 min., S8

xxxx  (1995) 8 min., S8

Kaffee und Lenin (1996) 60 min., V

Ferien in Schönbrunn (1997) 4.5 min, S8 on V

Baustelle (1997) 1.5 min., S8 on V

Himbeerzeit (1997) 3.5 min., S8 on V

Return of the Highway Lady (1997) 10 min., S8 on V and V

Tragödie von Hatzendorf (1997) 15 min., S8 on V and V

Crustacean Apartment (1999), V

Volkshochschule I (1999), V  by Wiener Becken
 

 

Vernissage (1998) 7 min., S8 on V

Appendix (1999), S8 on V

American Squid in Vienna (1999), V

Soupshop Video (1999) S8 on V
 

 

Highway Lady IV

Skuli versus Godzilla

Volkertmarkt

Volkshochschule II
 
 

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FILMOGRAPHY

Landscape (1995) 7 min.

With: Heribert Friedl and Werner Hoelzl

Description:
A silent movie which was produced for the exhibition 300895 at the Haizingergasse. This film was an experimental movie, where the film itself was cut, sliced and colored manually. The projection went through a mirror which intensified the atmosphere, especially for intoxicated people....
Landscape has been lost since 1997, but Werner Hölzl recently met Heribert Friedl, who gave him the following pictures of the exhibition showing his great installation "pneuma".

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Follow Up (1995) 7 min.

With: found footage

Description:
A silent movie which was made after Landscape. The most experimental film of the proto-Lucidu productions. It was not possible to show the film, because it broke whenever threaded through the projector. It was thrown away in autumn of 1995.

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With: John Norman and Angelika Unterholzner (Heribert Friedel and Werner Hoelzl technical staff)

Description:
A silent movie which tells the story of a murder in a ordinary family. It was supposed to be the first  "real" movie, but, due to unforeseen technical problems,  it, too, acquired a strange, artsy atmosphere. This movie had really "intelligent" subtitles, but they were lost along with the title. There is still hope that both the titles and the film can be found. We will keep you informed about this, the most important film of the early Lucidu years.

This film was made for the exhibition "Ausstellung" at Michl's Flat. It was the second cooperation of this kind between proto-Lucidu Productions and Heribert Friedl.

We also got some pictures from Heribert Friedl showing his installation (thanx)....

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Kaffee und Lenin (1996) 60 min.

With: Werner Hoelzl & Lenin´s abridged works in German.

Description:
This movie was made to bore the audience to death. It consists of a 40 minute view of the floor of a room, 10 minutes of Lenin read aloud and 10 minutes of coffee making and drinking. The first and only screening took place at the home of Taha Nasr and was attended by eight people. Since one person managed to watch the entire thing, the director,  who considered the film to have missed its objective, destroyed his work. And so this, the last film of the early Lucidu Productions period, has also been lost.
 

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Ferien in Schönbrunn (1997) 4.5 min  (Holiday in Schönbrunn)

With: Markus Summerer, Astrid Nolte, Ragnar Vogt and Werner Hoelzl's voice

Description: A dadaistic holiday in artificial biotopes.
 
 

Baustelle (1997) 1.5 min.  (Construction Site)

With: Sebastian Ebeling, Ragnar Vogt, and the Berliner Kreuzberg.

Musik: Blues Explosion

Description:  Two men overcome the obstacle of construction in Berlin by running around the top of the Kreuzberg.

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Himbeerzeit (1997) 3.5 min.  (Raspberry-picking season)

With:  Sebastian Ebeling, Ragnar Vogt, Astrid Nolte, and a sausage stand.

Music: Amiga Records Schlager 1970
            Song: "Himbeerzeit" by Horst Krueger, lyrics by Ingeborg Branover
            played by the Horst Krueger Septett

Description: A hot afternoon, the poetry of a sausage stand, and the hallucinatory innuendo of this song.

Himbeerzeit, es war Himbeerzeit!
Der Himmel so blau, so blau wie ihr Kleid
Himbeerzeit, suesse Himbeerzeit!
etc.

Return of the Highway Lady (1997) 10 min.

With: Astrid Nolte, Sebastian Ebeling, Mirko Anesi, Stephan Ihm, Ute Hoelzl, Werner Hoelzl, Andreas Reinstaller, Skuli, Juliska, and a family in the park.

Music: John  Zorn, Roy Orbison, and Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares ( mysterious, Bulgarian voices).

Description:  Very tragic, it's the story of a little girl who plays by the roadside and loses a hand when a car slowly rolls over it as she reaches for her yellow ball. She grows up and attempts to get a driver's license.

The crew of nine (our largest up to then) endured icy fall weather and lukewarm pasta during the making of this film. We are ever grateful and apologize for the fact that those scenes rehearsed five times while people waited in the cold and waited for their pasta were accidentally cut from the film. A sequel is in planning.

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Tragödie von Hatzendorf (1997) 15 min.  (The Tragedy of Hatzendorf)

Lucidu Productions + Thomas Hartinger, a proto-Wiener Becken production.

With: Hatzendorf soccer team, Tom's dad (coach), Thomas Hartinger, Heribert Friedl, Hannes Walnoefer, Werner Hoelzl, Astrid Nolte, and a thousand euphoric, then mournful fans.

Musik: Herbie Hancock, Pigeonhead, and funeral marches played live to the film.

Description: A docuvideo on the psychological repercussions of soccer.
 

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Crustacean Apartment, 1999, approx. 7 min too long.

With: Sebastian Ebeling, Werner Hoelzl, Astrid Nolte, Lucy, Ethel, several house plants.

Musik: John Williams and the Boston Pops.

Description:  A persiflage of Spielberg-Williams bombast. Privately screened upon request.
 
 

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With:  Heribert Friedl, Astrid Nolte, Werner Hölzl, Eugen, and the crew from the Stammcafé.

Music:  In the Nursery, Ravi Shankar, and Crooklyn Dub Consortium.

Description:  A student of the Vienna community college seeks small solutions for his big urges in Vienna's red light district.
 
 

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Vernissage (1998) 7 min.

Mit:  Werner Hoelzl, Ute Hoelzl, Skuli, Andreas Reinstaller, Berti Brueningk, Sebastian Ebeling, Astrid Nolte und Wieland's Zimmer. Observant viewers will enjoy the cameo appearance of David Hasselhof. .

Musik: Burt Bacharach, Boney M. We haven't finished the soundtrack yet.

Beschreibung:  A Puritan look at life during art openings.

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Appendix (1999...)

With: Skuli, Heribert Friedl, Marco Neuner, Juha Virtanen, Wieland Becker, Werner Hoelzl, Elisabeth Pullmann, and Alfred Stummer

Music: cowboy jazz by Norbert?

Description: Our protagonist Petr discovers the absurdities of the organ trade after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
 

            Skuli, the hero                                                          Werner and Skuli

                        Crew on location in Bratislava                                       5 people with 5 different passports
                                                                                                            attempting to cross the border in a borrowed
                                                                                                            VW  beetle without auto registration papers.
 

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American Squid in Vienna (1999)

With:   Edward Nolte III, Werner Hoelzl, Sebastian Ebeling, Astrid Nolte and a train conductor.

Music:  A cameo interpretation of Japanese theatre with living Chinese side-titles. The music of fear.

Description:   An horror-esque enactment of the pun:  squid-Navy dude/ squid-squid. The film has been cut;
                       all we need to do is dub the blowfish.

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Hatzendorf II

We have the S8 but have yet to put them together on V. And no, they didn't win this time, either.

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Soupshop Video

With: the band (Dino, Jelio, Wolfgang, Dosti, and the sax player) and the Arena, and Vienna´s postmodern punks.

Musik: Soupshop

Description: A video.

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Highway Lady IV

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Skuli versus Godzilla (secret)

This project is so secret that even the main actors don't know anything about their roles.

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Volkertmarkt (~people's market)

A documentary on Vienna's second district.
 
 

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Volkshochschule II  (Community College II), a Wiener Becken production.

The madness continues.
 

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