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The Way Things Go
1987 · Film · documentary · 30 min
Directed by Peter Fischli, David Weiss
Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.
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There is also the 29-minute long "Art film", "The Way Things Go". Basically 29 minutes of a Rube Goldberg machine, including a lot of pyrotechnics. Pretty interesting stuff.
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