Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl

Die Gstettensaga The Rise of Echsenfriedl The Gstetten Saga The Rise of Echsenfriedl is an Austrian science fiction and fantasy film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner and starring Sophia Grabner, Lukas Tagwerker and Jeff Ricketts. The absurdist comedy deals with the politics and hype behind media technology and nerd culture. Grenzfurthner calls his film a contemporary way to talk about the critique of the spectacle and commodity fetishism. The film was coproduced by art group monochrom and the media collective Traum amp Wahnsinn, and created for the Austrian television channel ORF III. It features music by Kasson Crooker, Starpause, and many others.

Fratt Aigner, a seedy journalist, and Alalia Grundschober, a nerdy technician, live and work in Mega City Schwechat the biggest semiurban sprawl in the foothills of what remained of the Alps. Thurnher von Pjlk, who invented the printing press and runs the only newspaper around, feels threatened by the rise of a new generation of techsavvy DIY nerds, who he fears will ruin his monopoly. He gives Alalia and Fratt the task to venture into the depths of Niederprll and conduct a teleovision interview with Echsenfriedl a mythical genius that has a large fan base among the nerds.Pjlk sends off Alalia and Fratt equipped with a broadcasting vehicle a wheelbarrow full of recording equipment to live broadcast the interview with Echsenfriedl on teleovision. Fratt is very skeptical of leaving the safety of the Mega City, but Alalia is a huge fan of Echsenfriedl and has investigated into his hiding place on earlier occasions. She sees this as a golden opportunity to find Echsenfriedl and boost her agenda of social change through technology. ........

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