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Here are some scenes from the film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, which premiered FLicKeR and held a full scale "flicker" event, including other classic flicker films, along with dream machines.
add comment FLicKeR will be the closing night gala for the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival on Saturday, 15 November, 7pm, Toronto.
There can be go greater confluence than a rendezvous with madness and Brion Gysin.
FLicKeR will open at Toronto's Bloor Cinema for an extended run Friday, 28 November 2008.
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"Any biographical account that begins with ambitions to be a spy, as well as a fine artist, is certain to take you on a unique journey, and there may be no better way to describe this freaky trip that explores the life and work of Brian Gysin. Featuring interviews with Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, '60s muse Marianne Faithfull and Iggy Pop, filmmaker Nik Sheehan gets into the history as well as psychotropic effects of the "Dream Machine" - a flickering light source that emulates the strobing effect of sunlight through trees. The machine can either send the user into a "spiritual state" or, dangerously, into an epileptic seizure. Some evidence suggests the machine could even stimulate suicidal thoughts. What makes Sheehan's piece compelling isn't just the story of the machine, but the apparent need for people to escape and experience the world in a different way. A crafty film that spirals outward with the same measured rhythm as its central subject, FlicKeR actually gropes at the connection between art, spirituality and science."
Katherine Monk, Vancouver Sun, 3 October 2008
- Corona Cork Film Festival
From October 12, 2008 to October 19, 2008
Cork, Ireland
Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
From October 27, 2008 to November 02, 2008
Leipzig, Germany
Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival
From November 05, 2008 to November 09, 2008
Sheffield, England - , Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
- From November 7, 2008 to November 16, 2008
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday 3 October, 9:30pm at the Pacific Cinémathéque, repeated Saturday at Empire Cinemas.
"As one Gysin follower put it, "art doesn't stop when you close your eyes," and neither do the questions Sheehan raises in his rich examination of an artist whose ideas about art and consciousness were radical and influential."
We are honoured to participate in the Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sunday 14 September 2008.
If you are in the vicinity, don't miss the opportunity to see FLicKeR on the big screen.
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