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Persistencies of Sadness & Still Days (Take 1) (2012)

Género : Documental

Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 1M

Director : Maximilian Le Cain, Rouzbeh Rashidi

Sinopsis

“Persistencies of Sadness & Still Days”, is a four hour feature film by Maximilian Le Cain and Rouzbeh Rashidi. Structured in two sections or ‘takes’ of two hours each, this dream-like, experimental project offers two complementary explorations of cinematic form that skirt around possible narratives, ducking through a series of fluctuating audio-visual categories and intensities.

Actores

John McCarthy
John McCarthy
James Devereaux
James Devereaux
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Sara-Jane Power
Sara-Jane Power
Maximilian Le Cain
Maximilian Le Cain

Tripulaciones

Maximilian Le Cain
Maximilian Le Cain
Director
Maximilian Le Cain
Maximilian Le Cain
Sound
Maximilian Le Cain
Maximilian Le Cain
Writer
Maximilian Le Cain
Maximilian Le Cain
Director of Photography
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Writer
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Director
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Director of Photography
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Sound

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