The Way Things Go (1987)

Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.

Released June 1, 1987 30 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.experiment, tmdb.visual-arts, tmdb.rube-goldberg, tmdb.drawing-and-painting, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.chain-reaction, imdb.rube-goldberg-machine + 7 more, tmdb.garbage, imdb.art, imdb.performance-art, imdb.modern-art, imdb.artist, imdb.independent-film, aspectratio.1-33-1