1990 | Germany | Documentary

How to Live in the FRG

  • German English 78 mins
  • Director | Harun Farocki
  • Writer | Harun Farocki
  • Producer | Harun Farocki

STATUS: Released

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The author assembles a genre picture of the contemporary FRG with shots of scenes where life is rehearsed, ability/durability is tested. Wherever one looks, people appear as actors playing themselves; they take on roles. A play in the theater of life made up of training courses, fitness tests for things and people. Be it in birth preparation classes for expectant parents or in practice runs for sales talks, on the military training ground or during role-plays for educational purposes. Everywhere the incessant effort to be prepared for the emergency of "reality" can be felt.

Germany Performance Rehearsal Training Fitness Reality Preparedness Documentary
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