Routemaster (1999)

• 65%
• 1999
• Ilppo Pohjola

ROUTEMASTER - THEATRE OF THE MOTOR is a rhythmic mosaic about speed and human cadavers that have been used in crash tests. It is a montage of rhythmically organized repetitions and involves an abstraction of motion that merges the subject with the film material. The escalating speed, growing abstraction and mosaic-like repetition of images leads on to manipulated, yet realistic images of human bodies used in crash tests. In the end, all that is left is the black-and-white flash of speed, the gyrating pulse of the mosaic, the details of the human bodies and the intense soundtrack. Routemaster - Theatre of the Motor is a film that creates a real physical experience.