Oberhausen is the big, gnarly parent of short film festivals, which forefronts art, asks Signficant Questions and treats the notion of calling-card cinema with contempt. Here’s another deep missive from the mountain top.
…cinema is not a government monopoly. It is a medium… The new film can, at need, assist Radio in turning the world into a vast council-chamber…
Dorothy Richardson, ‘Continuous Performance’, Close Up, Vol. IX, no. 1, 1932
