KINO SLANG

As the second invasion of Iraq by the U.S. was beginning in open aggression, and thousands of of 2000-pound U.S.-made bombs were about to fall on Iraqi land and people as part of the "shock and awe" air-war campaign,

Der Standard - March 20th, 2003:





Jean-Marie Straub and Hans Hurch (director of the Viennale) made a Peace Wall commenting on many things, including "the threatening catastrophe" of this war. A continuation of the wall was to follow by Jean-Luc Godard.

On the wall:

a) WHERE DOES YOUR SMILE LIE BURIED?* (literal translation of the graffito in red on gray). Photograph by Deiter Reifarth; the same graffito seen at the beginning of Straub/Huillet's film Von heute auf morgen (1997, FROM TODAY UNTIL TOMORROW)

b) a still-frame from John Ford's THE LONG GRAY LINE (1955)

(Here, two photos of the wall as it appeared in the streets of Vienna. Photo: Viennale)-





and 5 years later...