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Odilon Redon: The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity (2008)

Genre

Experimental

Directed By

Guy Maddin

Date: Jan 2008
Length: 00:06:00
Process: B&W
Shooting Format: Super 8mm
Sound Format: Music, No dialogue

Synopsis

Keller, an old sub-aquatic locomotive engineer, and his son Caelum witness a train collision and rescue from its wreckage Berenice, an orphaned pre-adolescent girl-snail. Keller and Caelum adopt Berenice as a member of their family. Keller even names his beloved steam engine after his "daughter". When Berenice reaches puberty, both Keller and Caelum fall in love with her, becoming romantic rivals. A disturbed Berenice runs away to marry a Zepplin pilot, only to be kidnapped by her adoptive father. Keller is blinded in a train mishap. Caelum loses his head and turns into a flower. Berenice turns into a cactus.

Tags

characters, poetic, props, surreal, trains

Credits

Director
Guy Maddin
Writer
Producer
Costume Designer
Director of Photography
Terry Reimer
Camera
Tammy Jones
Sound
Clive Perry
Music
Masami Tomihisa

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