COUSAS DO KULECHOV

Kulechov's Things

España. 2007. Color - blanco/negro. 21 min. Documental. 16mm.
  • Film Director: Susana Rey Crespo.
  • Scriptwriter: Susana Rey Crespo.
  • Editing: Susana Rey Crespo.
  • Art director: Susana Rey Crespo.
  • Producer: Susana Rey Crespo.
Experimental short film inspired by L.V. Kulechov, in which we try to put the elasticity of montage to the test in order to reflect on the fragility and veracity of what we see and hear. Travelling through the landscape, customs and current situation in Galicia, we present a fictitious armed conflict in which an invading army attacks the Galician coastline. Thus we have created a 'mock documentary' in which the wartime fleet is played by the mussel beds cultivated on rafts in the inlets, the attack on the beaches is represented by the shellfish collectors as they work along the shore, the bombs are the firecrackers and rockets launched during festivals, etc... Film editing serves as a metaphor for the most unjustified and cruel type of montage: war.

Susana Rey Crespo
Susana was born in Pontevedra in 1966. Doctor in Fine Arts, she gives Plastic and Technology tuitions from 1996 to 2000 in the Spanish Institute of Lisboa, Portugal and in 2005-2006 Indoor Design in the Art and Design School of Orihuela, Alicante. Sculptress, sound artist, exhibition coordinator, writer and compositor, she worked as scriptwriter in some short film, in addition to collaborate in different aspects of DoP in feature films such as 'A los que aman', by I. Coixet; 'Fisterra', by X. Villaverde; 'Cuando vuelvas a mi lado', by Gracia Querejeta; 'Los lunes al sol', by Fernando León de Aranoa, and she carried out art direction of several short films.
Cousas do Kulechov (2007) / Salvem el Botánic, Recuperem Ciutat (1996)