Desert – Who Is The Man?

Switzerland, December 2007
FILM, Documentary, 76 min.

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directed by
Felix Tissi
Written by
Felix Tissi
Status
In distribution
Website
www.desert-themovie.com

What has modern man lost in the desert? Above all, himself. This documentary confronts, in the nowhere of the desert, strange figures of a long-gone future: scientists, searchers, fanatics and free spirits, the roaming and the stranded, suicides, survivors and mutants. The desert of today does not speak about itself, but about us. Of both the beginning and end of time, it becomes the projection screen for dreams, hallucinations and visions. In the vastness and magnificence of the desert man is miraculously shown to be what he is: small. An “archeological science-fiction film”, an ecstatic journey far from all material needs.

credits

World Premiere
December 2007
Original Version
English, German (german subtitles),  colour and b/w, 35mm, 76 min.
Production
Balzli & Fahrer GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Dieter Fahrer
directed by
Felix Tissi
Written by
Felix Tissi
Cinemato­graphy
Pierre Reischer, Felix Tissi
Editing
Felix Tissi
Sound Editing
Pedro Haldemann
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Music
Mich Gerber
Location Sound Mix
Pedro Haldemann

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Accent Films International Ltd.

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Switzerland
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