Die kleine Maschine 1977

Directed by Ernst Schmidt Jr.

Sara Suranyi, known from Schmidt Jr.'s 12 Uhr Mittags – High Noon, The Merry Widow and Mein Begräbnis ein Erlebnis (My Funeral an Adventure), now active as Sara Berger in painting and photography, is co-creator and star of this one-shot movie dated "Vienna 1977". Does the eponymous little machine allude to the pubic hair framed in close-up by the zip fastener of a pair of jeans? Well, it's not about sexuality, but rather about technology: the zip is broken, so Suranyi uses a safety pin to close the jeans fly. And to close the film. (In Suranyi/Berger's list of works, this film is listed under Die Sicherheitsnadel...