Color Test: The Red Flag

Gerd Conradt films men carrying a red flag in a relay race through Berlin, to hoist it on the balcony of the current Mayor’s seat. A cinematic experiment based on Eadweard Muybridge, Andy Warhol and New American Cinema. A study in men, movements and a symbol. This is the 7th part of this series of film exercises. The other 6 parts were staged by Harun Farocki (Part 1), Carlos Bustamante (Part 2), Helke Sander (Part 3), Holger Meins (Part 4), Wolfgang Petersen (Part 5), Philip Werner Sauber (Part 6).

Director: Gerd Conradt

Cast: Hans Behringer, Gerd Conradt, Enzio Edschmid, Kai Ehlers, Thomas Giefer, Otto F. Gmelin, Jasper Halfmann, Roland Hähn

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.