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Les cordes de Muybridge

2011 12 min
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Peut-on arrêter le temps? en inverser le cours? Muybridge's Strings se présente comme une méditation autour de ce thème, alors que le cinéaste Koji Yamamura évoque parallèlement la figure du photographe Eadweard Muybridge – qui en 1878 parvint à saisir les phases du galop d’un cheval – et celles d’une mère qui, en voyant grandir sa fille, réalise que celle-ci lui échappe. Entre la Californie et Tokyo, entre le 19e et le 21e siècle, quelques moments forts de l'existence trouble de Muybridge s'agencent librement aux rêveries surréalistes de la mère, provoquant une collision poétique dont l'enjeu est l'irrépressible désir de …

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Peut-on arrêter le temps? en inverser le cours? Muybridge's Strings se présente comme une méditation autour de ce thème, alors que le cinéaste Koji Yamamura évoque parallèlement la figure du photographe Eadweard Muybridge – qui en 1878 parvint à saisir les phases du galop d’un cheval – et celles d’une mère qui, en voyant grandir sa fille, réalise que celle-ci lui échappe. Entre la Californie et Tokyo, entre le 19e et le 21e siècle, quelques moments forts de l'existence trouble de Muybridge s'agencent librement aux rêveries surréalistes de la mère, provoquant une collision poétique dont l'enjeu est l'irrépressible désir de saisir les doux moments fugitifs, de figer les instants de bonheur. Porté par le raffinement du dessin de Koji Yamamura et le travail sonore de Normand Roger, Muybridge's Strings observe les liens qui se brisent, tente de fixer la course de la vie, donne à voir un morceau de temps suspendu sur les notes cristallines d'un canon de J.S. Bach.

  • direction
    Koji Yamamura
  • script
    Koji Yamamura
  • editing
    Koji Yamamura
  • drawing
    Koji Yamamura
  • animation
    Koji Yamamura
  • animation assistant
    Sanae Yamamura
  • original music
    Normand Roger
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
    Denis Chartrand
  • sound
    Normand Roger
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
    Denis Chartrand
  • musician
    Denis Chartrand
    Pierre-Yves Martel
    Terri Hron
  • arranger
    Normand Roger
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • technical coordination
    Julie Laperrière
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • sound mixer
    Shelley Craig
  • recording
    Luc Léger
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • marketing officer
    Christine Noël
  • administration
    Gisèle Guilbault
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
    Kenji Saito
    Shuzo John Shiota
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima
    Keisuke Tsuchihashi
    Shuzo John Shiota

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Ages 15 to 17
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Pre-viewing: Research the life of Eadweard James Muybridge, noting his many inventions and contributions to photographic studies of motion and motion-picture projection. Post-viewing: In what ways does the film adequately detail Muybridge’s life? Comment on the many examples of symbolism in the film. Was Muybridge a genius? Do some of his actions also suggest that he was emotionally unstable? Is there a link between genius and mental illness? 
Les cordes de Muybridge
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