Schmelzdahin
Directing
Biography
Schmelzdahin (melt away) is a film group which worked in Bonn between 1979 and 1989. Members: Jochen Lempert, Jochen Müller, Jürgen Reble.
Known For
A Schmelzdahin short wherein a print of a portion of Nosferatu (including the iconic shot of the vampire on the boat) has been degraded and abstracted through the bacterialogical decomposition, disintegration, and chemical processes Schmelzdahin would use.
Luzern Viper
No description available.
English for Today
A found footage experiment made using an excerpt from the film Taranula! (1955)
Bielefeld Lichtwerk
Degraded found footage of a silent comedy.
Stuttgart Filmwinter
No description available.
Theater '85
Matthias Müller’s films are always about both the eternal and the volatile qualities of cinema. They exaggerate the unreality and clinical perfection of the Hollywood studio films of the 1950s, quoting its sets and colours (Home Stories, 1990; Pensão Globo, 1997) or even reconstructing them in minute detail (Alpsee, 1994). But, at the same time, these attributes, known in film jargon as the production values, are exposed to decay – a decay which on closer inspection proves to include wilful acts of creation. As his own lab technician, Müller is responsible not only for subsequent wear and tear, but also for the initial developing of his own film material.
The Flamethrowers
In 1988, we watched a lot of horror movies, with curiosity. A few images of monsters were taken that were mixed with shots taken from TV, movies, and a sequence of a porn movie. Some of this material has been treated with corrosive chemicals. The monsters started a new life and it seemed that the film had been lost. But a hedgehog put an end to the nightmare and brought us back to the original fire.
Schildmeyer Darlaten
Film material is subjected to biochemical processes by burying it in the garden, storing it in a pond, or overheating it. The results of these natural processes of decay or aging are then copied back onto film and thus conserved in the state of their dissolution. - Lightcone
Stadt in Flammen
No description available.
Jerry Cotton
A found footage experiment made using footage from a 50s disaster film. Slowed down audio and lots of distorted textures are present.
Jameln Cafe Grenzbereiche
Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN
E.R.
Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN
Onkelschrompel
Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN
Situs wie Jod iset ab ernit
No description available.
Dallas
No description available.
Die lange Nacht der Kaiserpinguine
No description available.
Spärlich gelungener Wurf mit bösem Löffel
No description available.
Der Empfindliche
Another film made using roughly the same footage as Bremen Lagerhaus, this really showcases the uncontrollable and chaotic nature of the Schmelzdahin process.
Hannover Kommunales Kino
13.06.1988
Berlin Arsenal
08.04.1988