Inflation (1928)

Inflation (1928) is an experimental silent film at eight minutes which is sometimes categorized as a documentary. By now Richter is well beyond playing with light & shadow. Inflation explores the subject of money through photographs & with with stop motion animation techniques, adding faces of people impoverished & enriched by the unpredictability of finance. It functions almost as a political cartoon in motion, building to a chaotic & catastrophic climax.

Released May 24, 1928 3 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.film-essay, imdb.exchange-rate, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.1920s, imdb.year-1928, imdb.20th-century + 9 more, imdb.experimental-short, imdb.economic-depression, imdb.capitalism, imdb.poverty, imdb.economic-recession, imdb.economy, imdb.money, imdb.inflation, imdb.one-word-title