A collaborator since 2002 (Notre Musique), Aragno did not want to make a documentary ‘on’ but ‘with’ Godard. The latter decided on a mathematical approach. The TV station asked for 26 minutes, and so Godard suggested they make 26 one-minute sequences, and have 4 shots in each sequence, all recycled from his work.
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Life Is an Opinion, Fire a Fact
The self-immolation of a character from Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia triggers a meditation on faith and irrevocable actions. A haunting play with music and
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It’s About Light and Death (to Joseph Plateau)
An optic danse macabre as a homage to the inventor of the stroboscopic illusion of moving images. Stuffed animals are reanimated through a play of lig
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Audition
Frames from Cassavetes’ The Killing of a Chinese Bookie trigger a beautiful study in dot-matrix printing, mysteriously followed by vintage Japanese ph
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and yes I said yes I will Yes.
Vergara assembles and edits images from the media, mostly cinema. He follows their movement with his paint brush, both concealing and revitalizing the
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Crystal World
Inspired by J.G. Ballard’s science fiction novel, a crystal growth comes to life and invades scenes from the iconic film The Night of the Hunter (1955
Film details
- Country of production
- Switzerland
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 26"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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