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Michael Snow
Director
Film Details
Release Date
1971
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
Color
Color
Synopsis
Director
Michael Snow
Director
Film Details
Release Date
1971
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
Color
Color
Quotes
Trivia
Entirely shot using a robotized camera set on the top of a mountain in the Canadian wilderness - in winter. The camera was mounted on a mechanical arm that could move in any direction (even upside down). Using instructions recorded on magnetic tape, the filmakers could control the arm's movement, creating short "routines" that had do be checked and programmed daily. During the entire movie the only sound heard are mechanical blips and electronic noises synchronized with the camera movement. In an interview, Michael Snow said that his aim to show the kind of images that an alien probe landed on Earth would report back home.
