The visit
The visit- Director
- Michael Madsen
- Country
- Denmark, Finland, Austria, Ireland (Eire), Norway
- Year
- 2015
- Genre
- Documentary
- Scriptwriters
- Michael Madsen
- Production
- Magic Hour Films
Storyline
It sketches an image of the potential encounter between humanity and intelligent life from outer space. There are no little green men to be found here, though. Instead, the viewers – as observers – take the perspective of the extraterrestrial “visitors” and are thus compelled to see the earth with the eyes of the “aliens”. In this way, THE VISIT becomes a self-reflexive medium for our society, our way of living, and for being human itself. Both fascinating and entertaining is the way Madsen skillfully stages a multitude of theoretical ideas, hypothetical assumptions, and unwittingly comical lab experiments revolving around the fictive encounter between humans and aliens. The fact that many experts heard in the film were interviewed in the UNO-City in Vienna and that many scenes were shot in Austria, lessens the possible fear of a threat “from above” at least for the local audience.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2011
Crossing Europe Film Festival 2015
Sitges Film Festival 2015
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