Zygosis: John Heartfield and the Political Image Trailer (1991)
"Homage to John Heartfield"03 December 1991Factual26 mins
Zygosis is a radical and humorous electronic homage to Heartfield's methods via animation of archival material, contemporary interviews and footage shot in Berlin during the opening of the Wall and the upheavals in East Germany.
For fans of history, this glimpse of Munich society in the 1920s will be a much-treasured event. The story revolves around an art-gallery manager who puts on a show featuring the scandalous works of a woman artist who committed suicide.
Claude, a militant anarchist, is caught stealing and is shot by a policeman while fleeing the scene. Dodo, a hairdresser, is hit by one of the stray bullets.
A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of her own children.
Pierre is a womanizing photographer, with a slight mean streak. For whatever reason, Camille, an artist in her own right, finds him entrancing and easily succumbs to his devious efforts to get her into bed.
