THE BASIS OF MAKE-UP I-III Heinz Emigholz, D 1983, 2001, 2005, 94 min

The films The Basis of Make-up (I-III) are the centre about which my feature films revolve. I imagine them as an intermezzo between the long films, the data base as an interlude. The paradoxical nature of film is taken to an extreme: giving something that is taken away immediately.

"Emigholz focuses on the storage of  'space and time particles'. The possible meanings of the texts, drawings and film stills depend on the eye of the beholder. What comes out of this is kind of an iconoclash, impressively and literally." (Der Spiegel)