Omer Fast — Director (5)

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CNN Concatenated (2002)
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An 18-minute long single-channel video which uses CNN footage cut so that each word is spoken by a different newsperson. The pieces literally asks the viewers questions about media authenticity and give CNN a distinct voice

Movie

5,000 Feet Is the Best (2011)
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奥马尔·法斯特 actor: Denis O'Hare / Jennifer Anderson …
other title: 五千英尺是最佳 / 5000 Feet Is the Best
5000 Feet is the Best is a film based on two conversations that artist Omer Fast conducted in the fall of 2010 with a former Predator Drone aerial vehicle operator-turned Las Vegas casino security guard. The interviews are the seedbed from which Fast has pulled themes of remote warfare and the psychological effects of it on the Drone pilot, suggesting the implications of these things on current culture at large. Fast’s film sutures together reality and fiction and deflects any pat or partisan readings.

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Continuity (2012)
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奥马尔·法斯特 actor: Iris Böhm / 安德烈·赫尼克 …
other title: 延续(短片版)
Torsten and Katja, a couple in their fifties, go to a train station and pick up Daniel, a young soldier, who has just returned from Afghanistan. The meeting is clumsy. At home, he doesn't return his parents' affection. The next day, Torsten and Katja again sit in their car and drive to the station. Another young soldier is waiting at the same place ...

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Remainder (2016)
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other title: 残余记忆
改编自英国作家汤姆•麦卡锡的同名小说。一起从天而降的神秘意外为他带来巨额赔偿金,却也留下了严重的创伤后遗症。从昏迷中醒来的他深陷无法掌控自身所处空间和时间的挫败感。为了追踪真实,他耗费重金重建记忆中的特定时刻,反复演出相同行为,不断“重现”特定的记忆残片。从市区大楼延伸到机场仓库、街区枪杀,甚至银行劫案,直到濒临失控的“真实”计划……