Outer Space

Having seen the film Tscherkassky uses as his raw materials, The Entity, which is partially based on a real life case and is about a woman being attacked and sexually molested by a poltergeist, this short has even more power in its portrait of a woman being assaulted by the film itself. Its a unique, unsettling work which is completely compelling.

The bit where the multiverse collides all at once and what's left is a sputtering visual of a shredded film reel is pretty on the nose deconstructionism, which took me out of the mood, but everything else about Outer Space is visually remarkable and effective.

Experimental short that is oddly effective for a while, but tends to wear out its welcome across a ten-minute running time.

What the hell is this crap? Seizure-inducing, for one. Utterly pointless, for another. I enjoy the avantgarde as much as anyone, but this is just bad noise music for your eyes.

Really cool experimentation with the film strip. A delightfully jarring experience.

The original YouTube Poop before YouTube was even around. This is a pretty basic deconstruction of cinema and utilises a number of (mainly projection) techniques to evoke a large sense of disorientation and frenzy. Even at 10 minutes, it feels overlong -- I got the message after 3 minutes.

Impressive editing that creates a strong visceral experience.

There is some skilled editing taking place here, nevertheless "Outer Space" is a nuisance: preexisting footage that gets twisted to the point of degenerating into a borderline unbearable, muddled mess straight from the worst nightmares of a person with epilepsy. For all the "transformative" nature of the film, it's certainly quite backward: it tries to establish a creepy, unsettling mood but falls flat because it does fuck-all in the way of presenting any distinct storytelling to support it.

While I agree that the middle section is a little overdone, I still think it does a good job of showing torment, all those images flashing and making you feel disoriented. The beginning and end are just fantastic on all fronts.

[YT] Some success. On the big screen i suspect some after-image effects during the middle may help. Some red 'leaked' through on the small screen but it just felt drawn out to me.

Bugged out and horrifying. Film attacks itself. Sweet.

A wonderfully experimental horror short.

absolutely beautiful

a woman is attacked. a visceral experience that moves in and out of the film strip to create a powerful sense of physical and psychological torment.

My legend to the 1 point rating says it all... WHY THE HELL THIS EXISTS?

nearly threw up

Right, it may be dangerous for epileptics, but it's a pretty nifty deconstruction of The Entity. Though it's partly just abstract, and Barbara Hershey appears to be attacked by something much less tangible than a poltergeist, I'd have to say it's scarier, more compelling and more meditative than the source.

Glitch/IDM

Kaleidoscopic and at times stroboscopic experimental short about a woman entering a house only to be attacked by an unknown force. Showcasing great talent for editing, Tscherkassky re-edites a scene from 'The Entity' and presents to us a film of a terrified woman being tormented by...the film itself? Surely good ol' Mulvey has something to say about this!

Its ghostly, chaotic visuals are initially aesthetically striking, yet the hysterical elements quickly became overwhelming, and even though it’s short I lost interest at times. The noise-like soundtrack adds a bit of charm. Even if the film annoyed me it was still appealing at some level. Worth watching if you like experimental cinema and horror, on the plus side is that it managed to offer a quite unique cinematic experience.

In this digital age it's nice to be exposed to some analogue weirdness. Unlike most experimental movies this doesn't outstay it welcome (all in all), mostly attributed to it's humane running time and rhythmical sense of editing.

uhhh..WTF?

Some very clever bits, but the seemingly random sequence from the 4th to the 7th is, well, random. I feel that Tscherkassky is trying to renew all of cinema in one go (as if Pollock, Rothko or Twombly had arrived just after Michelangelo, quickly brushing over impressionism, fauve, cubism and surrealism), to the point of being overwhelming and just confusing.

A genuinely crazy experience. It literally gets hard to watch at times, it's quite insane.

Experimental short that radically modifies footage from *The Entity* starring Barbara. Someone else remarked that the film itself actually attacks the character and I think that's a good description. ps65