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Breakingfreeofconventionalunitiesofbody,spaceandtime,thisearlyfeaturebyoneofEurope'sleadingfeministfilmmakersisahauntingexcursionintopsychicdisintegrationandcrumblingidentity.ItlooselycoversoneyearinthelifeofAnna,ayoungViennesephotographerincreasinglyconvincedthattheHyksos,ahostilealienforce,areinvadingpeople'sbodiesandresponsibleforthedecayandrisingviolencearoundher.ValieExportskillfullyexploitsmontageandintegratesvideo,performanceandinstallationartwithelementsfromCubism,Surrealism,Dadaandavant-gardecinema.<br/> "Anna,anartist,isobsessedwiththeinvasionofaliendoublesbentontotaldestruction.Herschizophreniaisreflectedinthejuxtapositionsoflongmoviecameratakeswithviolentlyeditedmontages:privatewithpublicspaces;black&whitewithcolour,stillphotographswithvideo,earsplittingsoundswithdisruptivecameraangles.Annausesherbodylikeamap;afteradevastatingquarrelwithherlover,shepaintsredstitchesonherself.Watchingtheirscenestogether,werealizehowseldom,ifeverbefore,thedetailsofsexualintimacyhavebeenshowninfilmfromthepointofviewfromawoman.Exportprivilegesruptureoverunityandneversettlesforone-dimensionalsolutions."Artforum,Nov.1980<br/> "Oneofthemostoriginalfilmsinthisyear玸exposition,InvisibleAdversariesisatourdeforceofcinematicinvention.ItshouldbringinternationalrecognitiontoValieExport,anAustrianexperimentalfilmmakerknownheretoforeinAmericamostlybyreputation.Thisisherfirstattemptatafeature-lengthnarrative,anditrevealsaprodigioustalentatwork.Thetitlereferstoextraterrestrialalienscalled獺yksos?malevolentforcesthatenterhumanbodieslikeincubiandinitiatethedeclineofcivilization.Nottobetakenliterally,theHyksosareapoeticmetaphorforthemodernZeitgeist,theapocalypticmoodofthetimes.Ms.ExportusesthisthemeasaframeworkforsomeofthemostaudaciousandamazingexperimentssinceCocteau.Thecomparisonisappropriate,forononelevelInvisibleAdversariesisaboutartandtheartist,amodernBloodofthePoet.Tothis,Exportbringsafreshandintelligentsensibility,characteristicallyself-referential.Hervisualresourcesincludemirrors,stillphotography,video,dance,andfilmswithinthefilm,allemployedwithaboldandsurprisinginventiveness."Excerptfromthecataloguenotesofthe1978LosAngelesInternationalFilmExposition-GeneYoungblood<br/> "ThefilmfeelsalittleasifGodardwerereincarnedasawomananddecidedtomakeafeministversionofTheInvasionoftheBodySnatchers."AmyTaubin,SohoWeeklyNews
