The Expression of Hands

Original title: Der Ausdruck der Hände

• 1997
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• 30m

★ 6.2 TMDB Rating · 6 votes

Historically, the cinema close-up was initially employed to convey emotions through facial expressions. But soon filmmakers also began focusing their attention on hands. Using film extracts, Farocki explores this visual language, its symbolism, Freudian slips, automatisms and its music. Often, hands betray an emotion which the face tries to dissimulate. They can also function as a conduit (exchanging money) or witness to a form of competence (work).

Director

Harun Farocki

Release date

Sep 7, 1997

Original language

German

Origin

Germany