Motorcity
For MOTORCITY, the choice of a documentary process is, of course, apparent
from its subject, drag racing. How else would it be possible to capture both the fascination and also what needs to be explained
about this sport, which since the 1950s has a place in the popular imagination in the U.S.. The film poses a field of questions
that is accordingly vast, ranging from the fundamental (what is the challenge of moving a quarter of a mile in a few seconds,
unleashing forces that can hardly be controlled?) to the historically determined (what does drag racing mean in a city like
Detroit, which is likewise the cradle of the American automobile industry and Fordism?) to the mythological. (Vrääth Öhner)
Director's Biography
Arthur Summereder (*1983, Vienna) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Harun Farocki and at Villa Arson in Nizza,
and is currently a PhD Researcher at the University of Arts Linz. A visual artist, filmmaker and editor, he won the 2019 Diagonale
Prize for Best Artistic Editing of a Documentary for DIE TAGE WIE DAS JAHR (AT 2018, directed by Othmar Schmiderer).
Films - Selection
Motorcity (2021, doc) - The French Road, Detroit MI (2015, short; CE'16)
Motorcity (2021, doc) - The French Road, Detroit MI (2015, short; CE'16)
Local Artists 2021
Arthur
Summereder
Austria 2021
color
85
minutes
English / German
OV with German subtitles
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Screenplay
Arthur Summereder
Cinematography
Arthur Summereder
Editing
Arthur Summereder
Music Cornelius
Schwehr, Mike Banks
Producer(s)
Arthur Summereder
World Sales
sixpackfilm
World Premiere
World Premiere
Crossing Europe 2021 / Diagonale
2021