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CASUS BELLI

Casus belli, Super8, ŠKUC, Ljubljana, 1983, 15'
Script & Dir Mare Kovačič
Cast Mare Kovačič
Camera Barbara Borčić, Bogdan Lešnik
Music Test Deaprtment, Pere Ubu, Einstürzende Neubauten, Glen Branca
Edit Mare Kovačič

A short film is composed by sequences that are constructed on the principle of montage and synchronised with sound that is played from a separate source (tape-recorder). The geometric constructions are alternated with images of the body (of the artist) that transforms itself and takes on different roles. Performativity and close-ups of the face, masking and eroticism, are predominant features of the film.