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My Wife in 5

GER 1985, 13 min

Between Broadway act, classical music and operetta – cinema never came that close to the good old mixtape!

Synopsis

In MY WIFE IN FIVE, Schlingensief composes tracks and takes to a shimmering cinematic music piece. The playlist changes constantly between the styles, as if this record had a jump – Irving Berlin's This Is The Army, Mr. Jones, an Ave Maria Variation and Jacques Offenbach's world-famous Infernal Galop can be heard. Equally to the music the pictures also have scratches.

The music film MY WIFE IN FIVE was created during a sound seminar by Christoph Schlingensief with students of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. It already contains all forms of cinematic means and alienation, which he later used in his theatre and opera productions.

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All short films of Christoph Schlingensief have been released on our DVD „SCHLINGENSIEF — In das Schweigen hineinschreien“
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DVD
All short films of Christoph Schlingensief have been released on our DVD „SCHLINGENSIEF — In das Schweigen hineinschreien“
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Credits

Director
Christoph Schlingensief
With
Christoph Schlingensief, Student_innen der Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach u.a.
Produced by
Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach

DVD-Details

MY WIFE IN 5 has been released on our DVD „SCHLINGENSIEF — In das Schweigen hineinschreien“ and is also included in the DVD box of the GERMANY TRILOGY.

Distribution Details

Screening Format
DCP (2K, 25 fps)
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Language
No dialogue
License Area
Worldwide