The fact that Siegfried Fruhauf´s films have a certain hypnotic effect cannot be denied. Battles of material take place in them, they contain reflections and illusions, soundtracks filled with noise and visual interference signals run riot; at the same time all the structural experiments the filmmaker risks never rigidify in the merely theoretical. Fruhauf´s cinema is extremely atmospheric and decidedly non-academic. On the contrary, it presents itself as being radically undogmatic, alternating between abstraction and representation, between punk and classicism. (Stefan Grissemann)
My films aren´t designed to be seen just by aficionados. You don´t need any prior knowledge when you watch one of my films. If you leave the cinema moved or impressed you can then always think about the subject matter too. But you don´t have to.
(Siegfried A. Fruhauf in interview, Viennale 2010)
Total running time: 65 min Extra: 20 pages booklet, bilingual English-German.
01 - LA SORTIE 1998, 6 min, 02 - MOUNTAIN TRIP 1999, 4 min, 03 - BLOW-UP 2000, 2 min, 04 - EXPOSED 2001, 9 min, 05 - REALTIME 2002, 4 min, 06 - STRUCTURAL FILMWASTE. DISSOLUTION 1 2003, 4 min, 07 - MIRROR MECHANICS 2005, 8 min, 08 - GROUND CONTROL 2008, 2 min, 09 - NIGHT SWEAT 2008, 10 min, 10 - PALMES D´OR 2009, 6 min, 11 - TRANQUILITY 2010, 7 min, BONUSTRACK 1: FRONTALE 2002, 1 MIN, BONUSTRACK 2: PHANTOM RIDE 2004, 1 MIN, BONUSTRACK 3: MOZART DISSOLUTION 2006, 1 MIN
