The Eye of the Typhoon

The Eye of the Typhoon

1993 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, Music

Performance conceived by Erich Wonder & Heiner Müller for the 300th anniversary of the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. The band, Einstürzende Neubauten, is located on a glass palace/stage on wheels (accompanied by the slavish trotting of huskies) which is slowly moving on the nightly ring road of Vienna.

Directed by Paulus Manker

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