Unsichtbare Gegner (1977)
Directed by Valie Export
Genres - Avant-garde / Experimental, Science Fiction |
Sub-Genres - Alien Film, Essay Film, Feminist Film, Satire |
Run Time - 112 min. |
Countries - Austria, Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
This 1978 production of Unsichtbare Gegner bears no relationship with the 1933 thriller having the same name. Instead, it is a highly symbolic and experimental work by the Austrian avant-garde director Valerie Export. The faint storyline concerns the effects of a mysterious ray being beamed from outer space by beings known as the Hyksos, who are using it to direct the activities of people in order to take over the world. A photographer and her boyfriend are apparently the only ones in the city of Vienna who notice that something is not quite right.
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alien [not human], culture [social culture], disintegration, gender, identity, invasion, paranoia, violence