AUN – the beginning and the end of all things
Wir bevölkern einen dem Untergang geweihten Planeten. Was können wir tun? In mal verspielten, mal im Angesicht der Schönheit schwebenden Bildern erkundet diese nicht umsonst in Japan spielende Arbeit Utopien eines fern scheinenden Gleichgewichts zwischen Zivilisation und Natur. Ein Professor tüftelt an einem wasserverbrennenden Motor. Doch das menschliche Fortschrittsstreben führt in die Verdammnis: Er verschwindet und bald öffnet sich ein gleichermaßen mythologischer wie biologischer Kosmos, in dem von der Ameise bis zum Weltall alles miteinander in Verbindung steht. Dann wohnt jedem Ende wieder ein Anfang inne. (Patrick Holzapfel)
AUN is a visualisation of elements of the philosophy of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Japanese Shinto, rejecting the artificial division between man and nature. The idea is that, owing to the Enlightenment and the banishing of religion, man is no longer able to feel, and can only believe in what can be seen. However, nature is the origin and creator of all, the film argues, and it would be beneficial to the continuance of the human race to strengthen our relationship with nature and spirituality. The film sees a future in which all life is purely sensual and suggests new rituals and mythologies with which to discover the presumed supernatural powers. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Director's Biography
Edgar Honetschläger is a visual artist, filmmaker, and environmental activist. Born in Linz, he has been living and working mostly abroad for more than three decades. He has been awarded numerous prizes in Europe an Japan and his works have been shown in renowned international institutions. Using the mediums of drawing, painting, photography, installation, intervention and film, he has engaged in the challenging of supposed cultural realities or that of our notion of individualism since the 1980s. Filmographie Regie (Auswahl)
AUN – the beginning and the end of all things (2011) - LE FORMICHE DI MIDA – King Midas’ Ants (2023; CE25) - Give Nature a Break (2022, short; CE25) - Civilization Sucks (2018, short, CE25) - Il Mare e la Torta (The Sea and the Cake, 2003, doc; CE04) - Chickens Suit – The Clip (2005, short; CE06). In 2025, a Local Artists Special is dedicated to Edgar Honetschläger.
AUN – the beginning and the end of all things (2011) - LE FORMICHE DI MIDA – King Midas’ Ants (2023; CE25) - Give Nature a Break (2022, short; CE25) - Civilization Sucks (2018, short, CE25) - Il Mare e la Torta (The Sea and the Cake, 2003, doc; CE04) - Chickens Suit – The Clip (2005, short; CE06). In 2025, a Local Artists Special is dedicated to Edgar Honetschläger.
Local Artists Special: Edgar Honetschläger 2025
Edgar Honetschläger
Österreich / Japan 2011
color
102 Minuten
Japanisch / Portugiesisch OmeU
Screenings / Tickets
CIVILIZATION SUCKS • AUN – THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF ALL THINGS, 103 min
Filmgast anwesend: Edgar Honetschläger (Regie)
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Drehbuch Edgar Honetschläger, Reinhard Jud
Kamera Hisaki Sanbongi, Hiroyuki Mizuno
Schnitt Tomoko Hiruta, Seiji Harimoto, Harald Aue
Ton/Sounddesign Aonuma Nobuyuki
Musik Christian Fennesz
Mit Hiyori Yuki, Rosanne Mulholland, Saito Yosuke, William Ferreira, Tenji Kamogawa, Komoto Kyoichi, Yukika Kudo
Produzent*innen Yukika Kudo, Edgar Honetschläger
Produktion
Edoko Institute Film Production, Ribo Film
Weltpremiere
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011