Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and documentary footage, he extends the metaphor of the wasteland to today's medial reality. At the heart of so many holographic simulations and replicas, in a world custom-made for selfie and instagram tweets, he reveals emptiness and potential violence. (David Riff) The only way to trace the distinction between the semblance and the Real is, precisely, to STAGE it in a fake spectacle.
Christian von Borries
Writer, Director
Valeria Lukyanova
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Eugenia Cooney
Essena O'Neill
Nastya Zhidkova
Jülide Bozdoga
Frank Geier
Isabella Hunstiger
Damia Kleemeyer
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In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Captains63%
Sherman's March65%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Public Speaking70%
180° South72%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Above Majestic73%
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy58%
Koyaanisqatsi79%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
McQueen74%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sidney70%
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story65%
Maidentrip70%
Room 23761%
Directed by John Ford70%
Orwell: 2+2=572%
