Film
The Way Things Go
1987 · 30m · Documentary
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- 7.6
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Overview
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
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Crew
- Peter FischliDirector · Writer
- David WeissDirector · Writer
- Marcel HoehnProducer
- Pio CorradiDirector of Photography
- Mirjam KrakenbergerEditor
- Rainer TrinklerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 1, 1987
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
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