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Matter Out of Place

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Waste on the shores, waste on the mountains. On ocean floors and deep down in the earth. The term "matter out of place" refers to objects in a place they do not originally belong to. Acclaimed Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, in his new film, traces immense amounts of waste across our planet. His minutely composed images shuttle from the mountaintops of Switzerland to the coasts of Greece and Albania, into an Austrian refuse incinerator and then to Nepal and the Maldives, finally landing in the deserts of Nevada. Over the course of his extraordinary odyssey, Geyrhalter illustrates the sheer endless struggle of people to gain control over the vast amounts of waste that we produce every single day. Therapeutic and galvanizing all at once, MATTER OUT OF PLACE confirms Geyrhalter as a documentarian with boundless ambition and concern for this collective home we call Earth.

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William Repass Slant Magazine 04/09/2023
2.5/4
Consisting largely of long takes sans music or commentary, the film uncovers the paradox that trash, so apparently devoid of meaning or use-value, needs little commentary. Go to Full Review Michael Clark Epoch Times 08/12/2023
2/5
Nobody likes garbage, yet “Matter” (with minor exceptions) only addresses a single facet of the issue, namely moving it from one place to another, often at a snail’s pace. Go to Full Review Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) 03/23/2023
Hope comes from the many efforts to clean up our mess: Volunteers for a Clean Homeland work on beaches, a line of volunteers scours the desert, scuba divers gather tires and debris from the ocean, a recycling plant and an incinerator process refuse. Go to Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online 08/17/2022
Geyrhalter’s now familiar fixed-camera, tableaux-style compositions attempt to take in the full enormity of our waste. It is eye-opening, to say the least. Go to Full Review Neil Young Screen International 08/12/2022
A typically sober, observational and engrossing work of ecological-anthropological documentary from Austrian maestro Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Nikolaus Geyrhalter

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Michael Kitzberger

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Markus Glaser

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Wolfgang Widerhofer

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Nikolaus Geyrhalter

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Michael Kitzberger

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Synopsis Waste on the shores, waste on the mountains. On ocean floors and deep down in the earth. The term "matter out of place" refers to objects in a place they do not originally belong to. Acclaimed Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, in his new film, traces immense amounts of waste across our planet. His minutely composed images shuttle from the mountaintops of Switzerland to the coasts of Greece and Albania, into an Austrian refuse incinerator and then to Nepal and the Maldives, finally landing in the deserts of Nevada. Over the course of his extraordinary odyssey, Geyrhalter illustrates the sheer endless struggle of people to gain control over the vast amounts of waste that we produce every single day. Therapeutic and galvanizing all at once, MATTER OUT OF PLACE confirms Geyrhalter as a documentarian with boundless ambition and concern for this collective home we call Earth.
Director
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Producer
Michael Kitzberger, Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Distributor
Icarus Films
Production Co
Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 14, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 14, 2023
Runtime
1h 45m
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