Leben BRD

Harun Farocki Duitsland 1990 83 min.

In this wry documentary, made by a long-time resident in Germany, the German national tendency to plan, rehearse and analyze everything before taking any action is rather humorously explored. The filmmaker demonstrates that no activity is exempt, whether it is lovemaking, driving, or (more logically, perhaps) medicine or police work. As the examples of this planning tendency are compounded one upon another, the effect becomes both hilarious and somewhat disturbing.