Christian Von Borries

Soy México

José Elguezabal, Christian Von Borries

Filmed in September of 2012, this self-confessed sci-fi documentary follows life at Mexico while reflection on what happens using Wagner's music and quotes from Raw Materials for a Theory of the Young Girl.

Desert of the Real

Christian Von Borries

Valeria Lukyanova, James N. Kienitz Wilkins

Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and documentary footage, he extends the metaphor of the wasteland to today's medial reality. At the heart of so many holographic simulations and replicas, in a world custom-made for selfie and instagram tweets, he reveals emptiness and potential violence. (David Riff) The only way to trace the distinction between the semblance and the Real is, precisely, to STAGE it in a fake spectacle.