Hallo Mabuse (2017)

Hallo Mabuse captivates through its reduction in which a conspiratorial narrative takes place but even more so the images themselves appear ambiguous obscure untrustworthy A nod of the head which seems treacherous in its mechanical repetition meets the profile of a bearded man who does not appear to react at all in a suggested counter shot The slight flickering of the image further intensifies the impression of an illicit agreement of witnessing a crooked handshake The ringing of the unseen telephone and the constant ticking of a clock lend the events a limited temporality Something is running out and in doing so is also already reaching its end a ghostly final act which is anticipated by an explosion and breaks off with the sound of a falling guillotine