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The
Imaginary Voyage
Directed
by legendary filmmaker Rene Clair, “Le Voyage
Imaginaire” is full of suggestions in which
different genres are mixed (avant-garde, comedy,
surrealism) without any real connection. It’s
a really bizarre film that relates the complicated
relationship between three bank clerks (and their
boss) for the typist girl that works with them.
Clair creates a dream world which plunges the audience
into a universe full of fantasy. There are lady
fortunetellers, fairies, classic story characters
and even modern heroes such as “Charlot”,
not to mention the “Notre Dame” roofs
and the museum “Grévin”. Overall
it seems to be a kind of deluded fairy tale, extravagant,
anxiously exaggerated and very rich in film ideas.
That mixed dream world benefits from using all the
special effects known at that time (slow motion,
double exposure, optical effects) combined with
simple backgrounds that are perfect for the formal
aspect of the story. It all creates an unreal atmosphere,
incredible and dumbfounding at times. This is a
French silent film with English subtitles.
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The
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B&W/80
Min./1926 |
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