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first food film: "coconut ice cream" and "couscous"

first food film: "coconut ice cream" and "couscous"
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    • first food film: "coconut ice cream" and "couscous"
    • ein erster lebensmittelfilm: "kokoseis" und "kuskus"
  • 1979
  • Super 8 film, color, sound
  • 2min, 29sec
These are sequences of two minutes each in which Scheirl, in a both regressive and sexually loaded manner, brings the topic of food into play. The kokoseis film shows a close-up shot of a glistening, half-liquid mass, into which green and red coloring is gradually stirred. And in kuskus, one sees a close-up of a plate containing a serving of couscous shaped like the upended container from which it was dumped; this image is accompanied by child-like singing and eating sounds. S.E.