In Extremo(1981)

In Extremo is a Dutch experimental film centered on an audacious performance art piece: a parachute jump executed by an artist and his girlfriend during an exhibition opening. Set in the artist's studio, the event draws an art dealer and several friends as witnesses. As guests arrive, the film introduces them through brief, independent vignettes, capturing fragments of conversation about art and the mysterious girlfriend whom the artist presents as his "latest creation." The dealer's particular interest in her adds an undercurrent of tension to the proceedings. Rather than following conventional narrative, the film treats the preparation and execution of this extreme performance as its primary subject, exploring the intersection of spectacle, artistic ambition, and human relationships within the rarefied world of contemporary art.