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Harun Farocki 哈倫．法洛基
Inextinguishable Fire 不滅的火
1969
Nicht Löschbares Feuer (Inextinguishable Fire) is a deadpan critique of chemical weapons, specifically related to the American military’s use of napalm in the Vietnam War. Facing the camera, Harun Farocki reads the following lines: ‘How can we show napalm in action? And how can we show you the injuries caused by napalm? If we show you pictures of napalm burns, you’ll close your eyes. First you’ll close your eyes to the pictures. Then you’ll close your eyes to the memory. Then you’ll close your eyes to the facts. Then you’ll close your eyes to the entire context.’ The artist burns his arm with a cigarette, and a narrator states that a cigarette burns at four hundred degrees, while napalm burns at three thousand degrees. The film then depicts a reconstruction of the offices of the Dow Chemical Company in the United States, where the compounds of napalm were produced during the Vietnam War. Actors portray the company’s employees, emphasising Farocki’s interest in positioning individual responsibility in relation to the machinery of war.
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