The Way Things Go

• Documentary
• 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.

The Way Things Go is a movie first shown in 1987. Runtime is 30 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary. TMDB score 6.6/10 from 27 votes.