Tabula Rasa
1989, LA. Directed by Peter Tscherkassky.
The target of Tabula Rasa is the heart of cinema. Voyeuristic desire as the pre-condition for all cinema pleasure is at stake here. What Christian Metz and Jacques Lacan have established in theory is rendered as film in Tabula Rasa. At the beginning we can recognize only shadows from which the picture of a woman undressing herself hesitantly emerges. But exactly at the point when one believes one can make out what it is, the camera is located in front of the object. Tabula Rasa takes distance, the fundamental principle of voyeurism, in so far literally, as it shows us the object of desire but continually removes it from our gaze.
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- 0h 16m
- Post-credits
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- LA
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- Released
- 1 January 1989
- Country
- Austria, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Tabula Rasa runs 16 minutes (0h 16m).
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Tabula Rasa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Tabula Rasa?
If you liked Tabula Rasa, try S4: The Bob Lazar Story, Directed by John Ford, 180° South.
Who directed Tabula Rasa?
Tabula Rasa (1989) was directed by Peter Tscherkassky.