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.
Directors: David Weiss, Peter Fischli.
| Directing | David Weiss | Director |
| Directing | Peter Fischli | Director |
| Writing | Peter Fischli | Writer |
| Writing | David Weiss | Writer |
| Production | Marcel Hoehn | Producer |
| Camera | Pio Corradi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mirjam Krakenberger | Editor |
| Editing | Rainer Trinkler | Editor |
| Sound | Dieter Lengacher | Sound |
