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The Way Things Go

1987 · 30 min

Documentary

★ 6.6
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Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.

Crew

  • Director Peter Fischli
  • Director David Weiss
  • Writer Peter Fischli
  • Writer David Weiss
  • Director of Photography Pio Corradi

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Intermission

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