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Russian Director Victor Kossakovsky Calls Out Concrete In Golden Bear Contender ‘Architecton’: “It’s A Catastrophe”
Russian Director Victor Kossakovsky Calls Out Concrete In Golden Bear Contender ‘Architecton’: “It’s A Catastrophe”
The visually arresting documentary, world premiering in Competition at the Berlinale, explores how modern unsustainable building practices relying on concrete are destroying the planet and suggests there are lessons to be learned from ancient constructions. With no explanation or commentary, the work juxtaposes mesmerizing images of mountains being dug out for raw materials; vast landfill sites, bombed-out, collapsed apartment blocks in Ukraine and quake-hit towns in Turkey, with the majestic remains of the 2,000-year-old Roman temple complex of Baalbeck in Lebanon, which still puzzles archaeologists to this day on how it was built. Kossakovsky still slips in unsaid condemnation of the war in Ukraine in the opening scenes showing drone-shot images of Ukrainian apartments ripped in half by Russian missiles, with bedrooms and living rooms containing personal belongings on display.
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