The Way Things Go

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Documentary

Overview

Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.

Keywords

experiment
garbage
drawing and painting
rube goldberg
visual arts

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 1, 1987
Original language: English
Spoken languages: German
Countries: Switzerland
Director: Peter Fischli,David Weiss
Writer: Peter Fischli,David Weiss
Producer: Marcel Hoehn
Cinematography: Pio Corradi
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0094300