7.2
Balance (1989)
May 25, 19897mDE
7.6
140 votes
Overview
The setting is on a floating platform where a group of evenly and carefully placed men live. Each man is aware that the platform is not stable and in order not to fall to their deaths, they maintain a careful balance of weight to prevent the platform from tipping too far and cause them all to fall.
Director
Wolfgang LauensteinWhere to Watch
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Status
Released
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Production Companies
Hochschule für Bildende Künste HamburgGHK Kassel
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0Anyone remember British clay animator Tony Hart and his "Morph" creation? Well these gents doing the balancing act here reminded me rather of a taller version of him. They must constantly change position to counter balance the pivoted platform on which they exist. In a rare moment of equilibrium, they start to fish and one catches what looks like a safe. Redistributing their weight accordingly, each have a go at evaluating the object and slowly discover it has a wind-up mechanism. When one of their number concludes it's of no value and wants to let it slide back into the abyss, a series of con…
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