prélude et fugue – the wood thrush

Prélude et fugue – la grive des bois

partie2-7a

5 polyphonic exercises

animation scratched directly on film

independent production , 50 minutes, digital vidéo 4k

direction, animation, editing, sound composition, texts : Pierre Hébert

musical fragments : René Lussier

recording of the wood thrush : Sylvie Massicotte

recording of the flies : Claude Beaugrand

revision of the Englisg translation: Robert Gray

text:

birds’ flight

insects’ flight

blades points

punctured throat

 

impossible song

being in perdition

corrupted blood

 

fprgotten alphabet

infinite text

lost language

 

flutterss

stops

suspended time

what the naked eye cannot see

 

«manipulate the invisible»

irréducible cinema

 

choreography of runaway signs

intimate conversation

 

calligraphy of hope

archeology of pain

 

flies’ scratches

amashed vertèbrae

fissured jaw

 

incurable diseasr

remedy or poison

 

men in free fall

world in colapse

vertiginous quest

of ground