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The meaninglessness of life, as put into persevering and exemplary practice by certain individualists, seems to constitute the theme of 'Destination Zero'. At first glance this appears to be just another 'on the road' story, but it is one where the states of mind of the travellers involved is strikingly well visualized. The ingenious story-line suggests so many possibilities that the definitive version takes on a fragmentary character. Precisely the same occurs in the sequence of images and scenes, so that a certain unity does finally emerge. 'Destination Zero' breaks new artistic ground by combining video and 16 mm, opening up new possibilities for both television and the cinema. Its fairly absurd anecdote about amateur couriers carrying smuggled goods between Germany and Morocco - the reverse route would seem more likely - involves psychotic states, fata morganas and other kinds of mental chaos. In 'Destination Zero', however, Thorsten Seibert makes of the apparently aimless wanderings of these decadent Europeans in North Africa sowithhing more thought-provoking than a mere thriller.
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Erik Quint
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Scenario: Luz Thorsten Seibt, Camera: Lukas Strebel, Editing: Luz Thorsten Seibt, Olaf Järmann Light, sound: Reinhard Manz, Music: James 'Blood' Ulmer, Olaf Järmann, Sets: Regina Bärtschi, Production: Limbo Film, Videogenossenschaft Basel, ZDF, RTBF, With: Teresa Harder, Markus Kissling
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