The Ride to the Abyss

(festival title)
  • Switzerland La Course à l'abîme
Animation / Short
Switzerland, 1992, 5 min

Directed by:

Georges Schwizgebel

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The film’s concept revolves around using animated sequences that are only six seconds long. Arranged one after another, they illustrate the music from Hector Berlioz’s opera The Damnation of Faust. To shed some light on his concept, the author ends his film with a shot of all the sequences together. By portraying two characters escaping on horses and using a dizzying style, the film resembles a strange romantic epic fulfilling its name. (Anifilm)

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