The last words
1999 / 20'Director:
Wim Vandekeybus
Choreographer:
Wim Vandekeybus
Sound design:
Charo Calvo
Music by:
David Byrne
Photography:
Patrick Owen
Editing:
Haerten
Performers:
Ultima Vez
Production:
Eric Kint&Ultima Vez / Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Itinera Films
Belgium'The Last Words' is inspired by two short stories by Julio Cortazar. It is about a "scream seller" who is trapped into his own talent, as he is able to "sell" people their last words. When he sells the tyrant his own last words, he loses his head but enables a coup d'etat.
As in the performance 'In Spite of Wishing and Wanting,' in which this short-film was featured, the paradox of desire is also one of the central themes.
The film was made in two landmarks of Belgian post-industrial architecture, the Thurn & Taxis site in Brussels and the Vooruit Arts Center in Ghent, Belgium.
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