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Director:
Valie Export
Writers:
Valie Export (writer)
Peter Weibel (writer)
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Release Date:
December 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Her schizophrenia... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A lot of fun, if you REALLY like art films more

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Also Known As:
Invisible Adversaries
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Runtime:
109 min
Country:
Austria
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A lot of fun, if you REALLY like art films, 27 January 2004
Author: nikteslamodernwonder from NYC, baby!

I generally like art films, but this one kind of tried my patience.

I went in, like others, thinking that this was going to be some sort of alien invasion flick. That's at least what the movie's write-up in the film-series pamphlet had me believe. What I got instead was a bizarre movie about a woman going crazy.

First, the good.

I liked the art in this movie. I guess you gotta have art to have an art film, and that's where this movie really delivers. There are many great collages and juxtapositions, both in the central character's work (she is an artist), as well as in the filming techniques of the movie itself. Also present is some really neat and disturbing footage involving food, a la Svankmajer.

Now, the bad.

Ok, so, this is definitely not an alien invasion movie. In fact, there is very little plot. Basically, this artist woman has a boyfriend who is a total jerk. Instead of just breaking up, they stay together and fight a bunch. She's obsessed with the notion that aliens called the Hyksos are invading the earth and taking over people's brains. He's completely obsessed with "the system," and all this Chomsky-esque philosophizing about how we're all being screwed. If you've spent any amount time on a college campus, you've heard it all before. Anyway, this was the only logical sense I was able to make from the whole film - they both believe in the existence of "Invisible Adversaries." Oh yeah, and at some point, she's diagnosed schizophrenic. While this made sense, I didn't really want to accept it because it was too much of an easy explanation.

Also, the movie contains some random discourses on Austrian architecture and politics, which did nothing for me, since I know nothing of either.

So if you REALLY like art films, I would say watch this one just for the art. Otherwise, you may want to spend the two or so hours watching something more plot-driven.

Or maybe I've just been taken over by the Hyksos.

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