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The Way Things Go

Name: The Way Things Go
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-06-01
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.556

★ 6,6 /10 (27 Votes)

1987 EN 30 min

Overview

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.

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