As You See

Overview

In 'As You See', Farocki searches for those instances and facts in the history of technology that have been overlooked or ignored, also exploring the ambivalent relationship between technologies developed for civil use and those designed for military purposes. Thus the film for instance describes how in the 1970s workers at the British arms factory Lucas Aerospace attempted to develop socially useful products to replace the company's military output. Rather than following a linear argument, this essay-film juxtaposes disparate images and weaves them into a mosaic-like structure which makes it possible for the viewers to make their own connections between the different images as well as between the images and the commentary.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 6, 1986

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Director

Harun Farocki

Writer

Harun Farocki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0337479