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Metempsychosis of Objects

Synopsis

An enormous stone rests impossibly in a studio while a sculptor struggles to extract a figure from it. Soon the artist realises that he is not alone and he is drawn into the shadows where he discovers a parallel studio to his own. There he is faced with his own future creation as his memories, fears, illusions and betrayals become real. During the course of events he turns into a spectator of his own creative process, to discover that he has been assimilated by his work. The line between creator and created vanishes.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins 24 secs
Format
Betacam Sp, Digi Beta
Director
Salvador Maldonado
Producer
Jack Arbuthnott
Editor
Jane Hodge
Screenwriter
Salvador Maldonado, Marianela Maldonado
Director of Photography
Vladimir Trivic
Sound
Miha Jaramaz
Composer
Evan Jolly
Principal cast
Paul Duncan, Clive Ashborn

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Jack Arbutnott

c/o National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)1494 671 234

films@arbac.com

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)1494 671 234

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