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Color Test: The Red Flag
Gerd Conradt films men carrying a red flag in a relay race through Berlin, to hoist it on the balcony of the current Mayor’s seat. A cinematic experiment based on Eadweard Muybridge, Andy Warhol and New American Cinema. A study in men, movements and a symbol. This is the 7th part of this series of film exercises. The other 6 parts were staged by Harun Farocki (Part 1), Carlos Bustamante (Part 2), Helke Sander (Part 3), Holger Meins (Part 4), Wolfgang Petersen (Part 5), Philip Werner Sauber (Part 6).
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Plot Summary
This is a very short experimental film that consists solely of a red flag being displayed. It is believed to be a technical test for color film processing, rather than a narrative piece.
Critical Reception
As a technical test, 'Color Test: The Red Flag' was not widely reviewed by critics in the traditional sense. Its purpose was likely internal to the filmmaking process of its era. Its significance lies in its existence as a brief artifact of early color film experimentation.
What Reviewers Say
Primarily a technical exercise
Limited artistic intent
A snapshot of early color film tests
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Fun Fact
This film is believed to have been created as a technical test to evaluate the quality and accuracy of color reproduction on film stock and processing equipment of the late 1960s.
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