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The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau

2015 4 min
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This micro-epic short film is an inspired tribute to visionary avant-garde composer Walter Boudreau: his life, work, mischief, and boundless artistic curiosity. Both a documentary biopic and a wildly abstract hallucination, the film conceives of Walter Boudreau as a radical explorer, struggling against the inert mass of the cosmos, charting bold new paths of artistic freedom and audaciously expanding the frontiers of our known musical universe. Produced by the NFB in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

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This micro-epic short film is an inspired tribute to visionary avant-garde composer Walter Boudreau: his life, work, mischief, and boundless artistic curiosity. Both a documentary biopic and a wildly abstract hallucination, the film conceives of Walter Boudreau as a radical explorer, struggling against the inert mass of the cosmos, charting bold new paths of artistic freedom and audaciously expanding the frontiers of our known musical universe.

Produced by the NFB in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

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  • recipient
    Walter Boudreau
  • writer
    Matthew Rankin
  • director
    Matthew Rankin
  • performance
    Walter Boudreau
    Sarianne Cormier
  • producer
    René Chénier
  • associate producer
    Jean-Marie Comeau
  • director of photography
    Vincent Biron
    Julien Fontaine
  • design
    Matthew Rankin
  • animation
    Matthew Rankin
  • costume designer
    Becca Blackwood
  • editing
    Matthew Rankin
  • gaffer
    Christian Mouzard
  • camera assistant
    Maxime Boutin
    Éric Morin
  • sound design
    Sacha Ratcliffe
  • re-recording
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • production assistant
    Nellie Carrier
  • titles
    Cynthia Ouellet
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • translation
    Matthew Rankin
  • subtitling
    Matthew Rankin
  • administrator
    Stéphanie Lalonde
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
  • project coordinator
    Stéphanie Lalonde
  • project executive producer
    René Chénier

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Ages 13 to 18

Arts Education - Music
History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
Social Studies - Contemporary Issues

Ideal for essays and debates on artistic innovation and avant-garde movements. What does it mean to be an artist of the avant-garde? Research the history of avant-garde movements. Identify other artists who break rules. Debate the importance of tradition versus innovation in art. Create a piece of music that combines noise and music. Consider how art can ask philosophical questions. Write about a work of art that changed the way you think.

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