FILM

Leaving open what is actually reported, the film Reportaje starts with something that resembles a funeral procession. However, the camera behaves fairly unconventionally, causing open laughter, building upon the auratic, affective components it is able to generate when confronting humans and non-humans with its presence. Unnoticeable the procession glides over into a manifestation and somehow it becomes clear that this is a mobilization meeting, aiming at the installment of moral incentive to enhance the efficiency of the work performance. Finally focusing on a young woman, fixing on her gaze, the camera itself becomes possessive, trance like, unable to let go, unable to any longer alternate with other dancers. (Elke Marhöfer)