Wittgeinstein Tractatus
7 video paragraph

“How hard I find it to see what is right in front of my eyes!”

L. Wittgeinstein

Seven short video essays that refer to Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus with each essay relating to one of Wittgenstein's philosophical propositions. Home movies from early 20th century Europe are accompanied by voiceovers and written texts from Tractatus, and a somber, lyrical score. Scenes of bourgeois life are haunted by foreboding of the future. Drawing up the disjunction between language and image, Hungarian filmmaker Péter Forgács created a symbolic approach of Wittgenstein's theories of logic, language, reality and representation.

VIDEO INTRO from WITTGEINSTEIN TRACTATUS

credits
1992 - 35 minutes - video

Director: Péter Forgács
Music: Tibor Szemző
Editor: Márta Révész

awards
1993 • Wroclaw • Sound Base Arts Video Festival • Grand Prix
1993 • Lucerne • VIPER Film & Video Festival • Video Grand Prix
1993 • Strasbourg • Int. Film & Video Festival • Les Beaux Jours Prix

broadcast
MTV Rt.

distributor
Péter Forgács
info@forgacspeter.hu