Project Detail

Her Master's Voice

Synopsis

Schiller said there is a watcher at the gate of the mind, and it is the watcher that prevents creativity, because creativity and insanity are almost the same thing.
The ventriloquist’s doll can kill off the watcher of the mind allowing access to spontaneity and imagination.

Acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti, takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to 'Venthaven', the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists.

She gets to know her traveling partners along the way, and through them deconstructs both herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mocumentary requiem.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
64 mins
Director
Nina Conti 1st Feature
Producer
Nina Conti, Riaz Meer, Michael O'Kelly
Executive Producer
Christopher Guest
Editor
Riaz Meer
Screenwriter
Nina Conti
Director of Photography
Tim Jordan
Sound
Ana Walker & Phillipe Ciompi
Composer
Christoph Bauschinger
Principal cast
Nina Conti

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Production Status

Production Company

Public Film Contact

Nina Conti

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