The Beautiful Language
Synopsis
The Beautiful Language is rich in texts and in images. The technique of the cut-up, popularized in texts by William S . Burroughs, is applied here to the images. They are extracted from The wild Child ( 1970 ), François Truffaut's movie based on the true story of an uncivilized boy who, at the end of the XVIIIth century, is taken into care by a doctor and studied as a specimen of the difference. The images chosen for The Beautiful Language show the child being measured, taught and tested. The image is disturbing, the child refuses to agree to this treatment. We see him shouting, even if the sound is cut and remplaced by a disturbing sound track.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Studio fatmi
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : Mounir Fatmi
- Music Composer : Mounir Fatmi
- Assistant director : Julie Boissy
- Editor : Mounir Fatmi
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Sub-genre : Video art
- Themes : Art
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 16 min 30 seconds
- Production formats : DV - Digital creation
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (1)
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USA: Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Santa Monica -www.shoshanawayne.com
Lombard Freid Projects - New York - www.lombard-freid.com
South Africa: Goodman Gallery - Johnnesburg - Le Cap -www.goodman-gallery.com
Germany: Galerie Conrads - www.galerieconrads.de
Switzerland: Analix Forever - Genève - www.analix-forever.com
UK: Paradise Row - Londres - www.paradisrow.com
Spain: ADN Galeria - www.adngaleria.com
Selections : http://mounirfatmi.com/1biographie/expositions2.html
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