| Seances | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Seances_(film_poster).jpg) Teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Guy Maddin Evan Johnson Galen Johnson |
| Written by | Evan Johnson Robert Kotyk Guy Maddin Kim Morgan (additional writer) John Ashbery (additional writer) |
| Produced by | Olivia Cooper Hadjian Alicia Smith David Christensen Dana Dansereau Loc Dao |
| Starring | Mathieu Amalric Charlotte Rampling Udo Kier Geraldine Chaplin Maria de Medeiros Amira Casar Adèle Haenel Ariane Labed Elina Löwensohn Kim Morgan Mathieu Demy André Wilms Jean-François Stévenin Slimane Dazi Jacques Nolot Grégory Gadebois Gregory Hlady Jacques Bonnaffé Christophe Paou Miguel Eduardo Cueva Victoire Du Bois Jeanne de France Robinson Stévenin Jean-Baptiste Phou Rudy Andriamimarinosy |
| Cinematography | Benjamin Kasulke |
| Edited by | John Gurdebeke |
Production company | |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Seances is a 2016 interactive project by filmmaker and installation artist Guy Maddin, with co-creators Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, and the National Film Board of Canada,[1] combining Maddin's recreations of lost films with an algorithmic film generator that allows for multiple storytelling permutations.[2][3] Maddin began the project in 2012 in Paris, France, shooting footage for 18 films at the Centre Georges Pompidou (this installation was titled Spiritismes, the French word for "seances", leading to press confusion about the project title)[4] and continued shooting footage for an additional 12 films at the Phi Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] The Paris and Montreal shoots each took three weeks, with Maddin completing one short film of approximately 15–20 minutes each day.[5] The shoots were also presented as art installation projects, during which Maddin, along with the cast and crew, held a “séance” during which Maddin "invite[d] the spirit of a lost photoplay to possess them."[6]
- ^ "Press Releases".
- ^ Green, Robert-Everett (2 May 2016). "Seances: Guy Maddin's film generator is an endless cinematic experience". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Seances Guy Maddin". PHI. 2013. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ ball, Jonathan (2014-12-05). "Guy Maddin on The Forbidden Room and Writing Melodrama". Dr. Jonathan Ball: Writing the Wrong Way (interview with Guy Maddin). Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ^ Bernstein, Paula (29 March 2016). "Guy Maddin on The Saddest Music in The World and His Interactive Seances (interview)". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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