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When My Mother's Brother Was Born It Smelled Like Wild Pear Blossom in Front of the Brown-burnt Sill
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WHEN MY MOTHER'S BROTHER WAS BORN IT SMELLED LIKE WILD PEAR BLOSSOM IN FRONT OF THE BROWN-BURNT SILL

Als der Bruder meiner Mutter geboren wurde, duftete es nach wilden Birnenblüten vor dem braungebrannten Sims

Directed by Pipilotti Rist
Switzerland, 1992
Short, Musical, Avant-Garde, TV Movie

Synopsis

Rist’s well-developed technique of mixing the personal, the pop and the mass cultural are distilled in this short work. Against a backdrop of tranquil Swiss alpine scenes, a small window presents a graphic record of human birth.

Synopsis

Rist’s well-developed technique of mixing the personal, the pop and the mass cultural are distilled in this short work. Against a backdrop of tranquil Swiss alpine scenes, a small window presents a graphic record of human birth.