Usinimage A Film by Ulrike Ottinger Germany 1987 35 mm, color, 10 minutes Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduction, Berlin in Coproduction with LaSept Premiere: June 18, 1987 Festivals: IV. Kurzfilmfestival, Berlin 1987; Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen 1988 Awards: Kurzfilmpreis 1988 from HBF Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater Prädikat: Wertvoll Distributed by Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. A montage of documented industrial architecture and cityscapes of Berlin and scenes from Ulrike Ottingers Berlin Trilogy: Ticket of No Return Freak Orlando Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press. Selected industrial and city settings from the three films were documented again for Usinimage and intercut with the corresponding fiction film scenes, in order to give the landscapes a new accent through artistic defamiliarization and condensation. It is an exploration of city architecture, in which the shooting location serves not just as reflective or constrastive backdrop but rather becomes itself content. Distribution: Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Potsdamer Str. 2 D-10785 Berlin Germany Contact: Karl Winter fon +49-30-269 55 150 fax +49-30-269 55 111 Sales: at Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduction