The feast of the chicken
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The feast of the chicken |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 55 minutes |
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| Director | Walter Wippersberg |
| script | Walter Wippersberg |
| production |
Wolfgang Ainberger , Peter Wustinger |
| music |
Christoph Lauth , Helmut Schartlmüller , Marcus Wippersberg |
| camera | Karl Benedikter |
| cut | Reinhard Molterer |
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The Festival of the Chicken is an Austrian film staged by Walter Wippersberg in 1992 and belongs to the genre of mockumentary . This is a production of the ORF regional studio Upper Austria for the show Kunst -stücke .
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The manners and customs of the natives residing in Upper Austria are described by African explorers in the style of European explorers. You will encounter completely new cultural phenomena. In the sense of “ whiteness ”, Wippersberg reverses the research principle applied by European researchers, first conducting ethnological studies and then making them accessible to the general public in the form of a documentary film.
The title of the film comes from the fact that the researchers must make the discovery that the churches are empty, but that people gather in tents, drink liters of beer , mainly eat chickens and then collectively perform the bird dance. From this they draw the conclusion that the lamb has been replaced by the chicken as a symbol of sacrifice.
“The Festival of the Chicken” was continued in 1994 in Dark, Enigmatic Austria .
Reviews
- The Austrian daily Der Standard says: “In addition to cool scientific comments by the ethnologist (…), the film presents a wonderfully foreign view of (Upper) Austrian life. The sarcastic and perfectly continuous contrast between image and sound merges into a unit with an ironic explosive power. ” Quoted from [1]
- The Austrian daily Kurier says: "Perhaps the most original, possibly meanest program that ORF aired in 1992, a parody of the mostly high-handed, all-interpretive expedition films, has already achieved cult status." Quoted from [2]
Awards
- Austrian national education TV award