Filmmaker Siegfried A. Fruhauf is one of the most important names in current Austrian experimental cinema. He has been a regular presence at Curtas Vila do Conde, and he had an exhibition at Solar - Cinematic Art Gallery. Fuddy Duddy" is a clear example of a kind of structuralist cinema, which uses pattern and repetition to create visual stimuli. Here, the standard grid is repeated and varied, creating a kind of claustrophobic anguish, as if the viewer was trapped in a terrible dream. As the author points out: "For me, this is a search for structure in a chaotic world, and the medium of cinema fulfills this need for guidance." (DR)