La Région Centrale
7 /10 1 Votes7
Cinematography Pierre Abbeloos Duration | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Experimental film Country Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1971 (1971) Similar movies Michael Snow directed La Region centrale and Wavelength | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael snow la r gion centrale 1971
La Région centrale is a 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. The film is 180 minutes long and shot over a period of 24 hours, using a robotic arm and consists entirely of preprogrammed movements.
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Reception
Wyndham Wise commented,
"In a brilliant convergence of form and content, camera movement becomes the reason d’etre. Rarely, if ever, has a film so clearly delineated the role of this machine in our reception and perception of the objected filmed. To make the film, Snow worked with a technician to design a mechanized camera that was able to move without human intervention in every direction imaginable. To further erase the influence of humans, Snow filmed in the remote reaches of Northern Quebec, where his camera roamed the landscape, in a manner both systematic and arbitrary. It’s both an exhilarating celebration of cinema’s unique qualities and a clever joke on the landscape tradition in Canadian art."
The film received five critics' votes and two directors' votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the world's greatest films.
