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The Long Overtone

The Long Overtone

Miguel Machado | Portugal | 2006 | 18' |

| IFFR 2007

A unique film poem in five parts combining animations of city views (both abstract and realistic). An attempt to achieve a pure cinema of colour, music and motion. The pictures from the first part guide the viewer through what follows.

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