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Mirage

1972 5 min
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An intriguing inside-out view of moving figures and images, made by using a colour negative print, but with more vivid colours and with accompanying sound effects that suggest the same kind of inversion of the sound track. Figures and faces appear in a shimmering haze; the one most frequently seen is a figure skater flashing, pirouetting, fading. These are shades of people and of movements, appearing, retreating, as in a mirage.

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An intriguing inside-out view of moving figures and images, made by using a colour negative print, but with more vivid colours and with accompanying sound effects that suggest the same kind of inversion of the sound track. Figures and faces appear in a shimmering haze; the one most frequently seen is a figure skater flashing, pirouetting, fading. These are shades of people and of movements, appearing, retreating, as in a mirage.
  • director
    Rick Raxlen
  • sound
    Rick Raxlen
  • editing
    Rick Raxlen
  • producer
    Tom Daly

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