Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway
1985
14 min
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In this animated film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and separately, in their respective media. This cinema/music performance recreates, impressionistically, the dehumanizing environment of the urban subway. Drawings etch the outlines of people hurtling through space in underground tunnels. The soundtrack, elemental and atonal, gives compelling expression to their alienation.
Details
In this animated film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and separately, in their respective media. This cinema/music performance recreates, impressionistically, the dehumanizing environment of the urban subway. Drawings etch the outlines of people hurtling through space in underground tunnels. The soundtrack, elemental and atonal, gives compelling expression to their alienation.
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directorPierre Hébert
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producerRobert Forget
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cameraMichael ClearyPierre Landry
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editingPierre Bernier
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re-recordingHans Peter Strobl
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musicRobert M. LepageRené Lussier
Education
Ages 12 to 17
Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities
Media Education - Film Animation
Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World