Short Films by Nick Zedd and Christoph Schlingensief

Short Films by Nick Zedd and Christoph Schlingensief

Connected through their profane humor and mocking of the status quo, Schlingensief and Zedd could seem like raucous twins separated at birth. Ranging from young Schlingensief playing the German national anthem on a trumpet while standing in the snow (Für Elise) to an irreverent homage to German Expressionism featuring an encounter between a vampire and an Indian chief, Schlingensief’s 16mm short films from the 1980s are as ludicrous and brilliant as his feature films.

Ecstasy in Entropy
1999. USA. Directed by Nick Zedd
With Annie Sprinkle, Brenda Bergman, Mike Diana, Taylor Mead, Bob, Jaiko Suzuki, Nick Bohn. A group of militant lap-dancers attempts to overthrow corporate state capitalism and stop globalization. Starring iconic sex educator and performance artist Annie Sprinkle. 15 min

War Is Menstrual Envy (excerpt)
1992. USA. Directed by Nick Zedd
With Kembra Pfahler, Annie Sprinkle, Steven Oddo, Ari M. Roussimoff. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Zedd’s film follows a handful of survivors as they attempt to communicate with dolphins, while others attempt to destroy all remaining signs of religion. The rest is chaos. 9 min.

Für Elise (For Elise)
1982. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 2 min.

Wie würden Sie entscheiden (How would you decide?) 1982. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 4 min.

Phantasus muss anders werden (Phantasus has to change)
1983. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 4 min.

What happened to Magdalena Jung?
1983. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 13 min.

Bemerkungen (Remarks)
1984. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 7 min.

My Wife in 5
1985. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 14 min.

Die Schlacht der Idioten (The Battle of Idiots)
1986. Germany. Directed by Christoph Schlingensief. In German; English subtitles. 21 min.

Introduced by Nick Zedd