NYman with a Movie Camera
Synopsis
Deeply rooted in Vertov's original ideas concerned with 'the Perception of Truth', the documentation of 'life as it is' and that of 'life caught unawares', Nyman's film attempts to capture the essence of 'what is there', and reflects on what he calls the Persistence of glance, a multi-sensorial experience of time as it occurs, of life as it happens and as recorded by the human memory. The film is a modern-day take on experimental documentary film making through the bias of cinematographic collage. It proposes to renew a discourse with the ideological and aesthetic precepts once defended by Vertov in his pursuit of the ultimate 'cleaning up' of film language from the 'corrupting influence' of Drama.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 64 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Michael Nyman 1st Feature
- Producer
- Michael Nyman
- Editor
- Max Pugh
- Director of Photography
- Michael Nyman
- Sound
- Austin Ince
- Music
- Michael Nyman
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
MN Productions Ltd
c/o Myriam Blundell19 Beaufort Gardens
London
SW3 1PS
Sales Company
MN Productions Ltd
c/o Myriam Blundell19 Beaufort Gardens
London
SW3 1PS
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