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„Things are never as bad as they could be" - The absurd audio world
Of Tom Heithoff
The characters in Tom Heithoff’s audio dramas are often men on the brink of a nervous breakdown which in turn threatens more far-reaching consequences.
They are fugitives: stubborn outsiders on the run or people who have slipped through the cracks. Between escapism and disorientation, language often falls away as a usable means of communication. The stories are built on fragments of text, within which statements and responses drive language and its potential for mutual understanding into the absurd. The award-winning plays of Tom Heithoff walk the boundary between absurd comedy and earnest realism.
"Things Are Never As bad As They Could Be" is a documentary short about the plays and their author.
German with English subtitles.
Watch a trailer at http://vimeo.com/44155442
Directed, produced, written and filmed by Thomas Schumacher
„Things are never as bad as they could be" - The absurd audio world
Of Tom Heithoff
The characters in Tom Heithoff’s audio dramas are often men on the brink of a nervous breakdown which in turn threatens more far-reaching consequences.
They are fugitives: stubborn outsiders on the run or people who have slipped through the cracks. Between escapism and disorientation, language often falls away as a usable means of communication. The stories are built on fragments of text, within which statements and responses drive language and its potential for mutual understanding into the absurd. The award-winning plays of Tom Heithoff walk the boundary between absurd comedy and earnest realism.
"Things Are Never As bad As They Could Be" is a documentary short about the plays and their author.
German with English subtitles.
Watch a trailer at http://vimeo.com/44155442
Directed, produced, written and filmed by Thomas Schumacher
Crew
English Subtitles: Wade Adams
Typography: Jane Katharina Di Renzo
Score: Tom Heithoff, Thomas Schumacher
Sound Assistance France: Juliette Heithoff
Typography: Jane Katharina Di Renzo
Score: Tom Heithoff, Thomas Schumacher
Sound Assistance France: Juliette Heithoff
Length
21:00
Released
29 January 2011
Genre
Country
Edition
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Screenings
Premiere Screening @ Zinema, Berlin, January 2011
OneCloudFest Fall 2011 Competition Sept - Dec 2011
10. La.Meko - Short Film Festival Landau November 2011
8. Filmfest der NEUE HEIMAT film, Burg Klempenow 24. - 26.8.2012
OneCloudFest Fall 2011 Competition Sept - Dec 2011
10. La.Meko - Short Film Festival Landau November 2011
8. Filmfest der NEUE HEIMAT film, Burg Klempenow 24. - 26.8.2012


Thomas Schumacher
1968 born1986 - 88 Metal Prophecy/Escape magazine1999 - present: Deutsche Welle TV Berlin, production-assistant since 2001 2002 Magister Artium @ FU Berlin2004 - 06 Radio_Copernicus2006 - 08 University of the Arts Berlin, assistance in Experimental Sound Art and Sound Design/Sound Studies2009 - present Gerne Mehr Film
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1968 born1986 - 88 Metal Prophecy/Escape magazine1999 - present: Deutsche Welle TV Berlin, production-assistant since 2001 2002 Magister Artium @ FU Berlin2004 - 06 Radio_Copernicus2006 - 08 University of the Arts Berlin, assistance in Experimental Sound Art and Sound Design/Sound Studies2009 - present Gerne Mehr Film
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