The Way Things Go

Category: Documentary
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.

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1987-06-01
Run time: 30 minute / 0:30
Directors: Peter Fischli, David Weiss.
Website: http://icarusfilms.com/cat97/t-z/the_way_.html
Production Country: Switzerland