twelve and a half minutes
'Zwölf 1/2 Minuten', a German "short experimental documentary", strikes a nice balance between humor and food for thought. Even if the message is not very new, its strength is in the way form and content work together. Wether it's really a documentary is debatable, but let's leave that to the purists.
The average member of our society is male, German, 38 years of age and gets up at 8.15 am. During this quite normal day he will do quite normal things like brushing his teeth, going to work, shopping, mowing the lawn, watching television and finally going to bed again. And though his world may be perfectly regulated in terms of time and space, he might feel somewhat lost in life. This overflow of images, impressions, opinions, ideas which overwhelm him daily, will lead him to ask himself a lot of questions. And several times he will come to the point where he will wonder just for which purpose he is part of the world. To do this, he generally has twelve minutes and a half between his going to bed and falling asleep...
Seen in a onedotzero programme preview at Submarine's birthday party.