The Imitation of Cinema

(festival title)
  • Belgium L'imitation du cinéma
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Short / Experimental
Belgium, 1960, 36 min

Directed by:

Marcel Mariën

Screenplay:

Marcel Mariën
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An interesting portrait of the evolution of surrealist cinema, which contains all of the typical features (repetition, decomposed narrative, the use of non-diegetic sound) and, at the same time, thematically attacks the church and other social institutions. In addition, the film approaches self-reflection in an original way – the title itself contains a reference to the nature of the film as an imitation of reality. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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