The Dissolution of the Landscape


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Through visual metaphors, the film offers an incursion into an inner landscape, a dive into subconscious, a mix of childhood memories and recurrent dreams, between surrealism and automatism.


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This short film sits at the crossroads of animation, documentary, etched and painted film interventions, and found footage. It evokes deep, almost inexpressible emotions, thanks to the talent of its director, who masterfully combines these different techniques with subtlety and precision. The result is breathtaking and captivating, drawing us into a state of awestruck contemplation. The music by Lyne Goulet, Martien Bélanger, and Frédéric Lebrasseur undeniably helps to bind it all together, stimulating the mind and sustaining the film’s poetic momentum. The “landscape,” in the literal sense, consists of images of nature — water, plants, minerals — captured in close-ups or wide shots, onto which the filmmaker intervenes through engraving to convey an idea or isolate a motif, much like Pierre Hébert did in his Places and Monuments series. However, the “landscape,” which dissolves according to the title, can also metaphorically evoke both memory and film stock itself. Indeed, Anne-Marie Bouchard weaves together “landscape,” “memory,” and “film” while reminding us that the photochemical medium — and the recorded images it carries — is itself a kind of vanishing memory. Though discreet by nature, Anne-Marie Bouchard is a major figure in Quebec’s experimental cinema scene.

 

 

Marco de Blois
Artistic Director
Sommets du cinéma d’animation

 

 


  • La dissolution du paysage

    La dissolution du paysage

    24 mn

    Language: Français
  • Année 2024
  • Pays Quebec
  • Durée 24
  • Producteur Anne-Marie Bouchard
  • Langue Without dialogue
  • Résumé court Using playful visual metaphors, the film explores an inner landscape where childhood memories and recurring dreams blend between surrealism and automatism.
  • Ordre 3

This short film sits at the crossroads of animation, documentary, etched and painted film interventions, and found footage. It evokes deep, almost inexpressible emotions, thanks to the talent of its director, who masterfully combines these different techniques with subtlety and precision. The result is breathtaking and captivating, drawing us into a state of awestruck contemplation. The music by Lyne Goulet, Martien Bélanger, and Frédéric Lebrasseur undeniably helps to bind it all together, stimulating the mind and sustaining the film’s poetic momentum. The “landscape,” in the literal sense, consists of images of nature — water, plants, minerals — captured in close-ups or wide shots, onto which the filmmaker intervenes through engraving to convey an idea or isolate a motif, much like Pierre Hébert did in his Places and Monuments series. However, the “landscape,” which dissolves according to the title, can also metaphorically evoke both memory and film stock itself. Indeed, Anne-Marie Bouchard weaves together “landscape,” “memory,” and “film” while reminding us that the photochemical medium — and the recorded images it carries — is itself a kind of vanishing memory. Though discreet by nature, Anne-Marie Bouchard is a major figure in Quebec’s experimental cinema scene.

 

 

Marco de Blois
Artistic Director
Sommets du cinéma d’animation

 

 


  • La dissolution du paysage

    La dissolution du paysage


    Duration: 24 minutes
    Language: Français
    24 mn
  • Année 2024
  • Pays Quebec
  • Durée 24
  • Producteur Anne-Marie Bouchard
  • Langue Without dialogue
  • Résumé court Using playful visual metaphors, the film explores an inner landscape where childhood memories and recurring dreams blend between surrealism and automatism.
  • Ordre 3

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