Borealis 2011

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Film – 'How to Operate Your Brain' (1994), 'Le Palais Idéal' (1958), 'Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti' (1985) & selected shorts

Time – Wednesday 13:00
Venue – Landmark

How to Operate Your Brain (1994) Dirs. Joey Cavella & Chris Graves.
(English language, no subtitles, 29 minutes)

Psychologist and writer Timothy Leary is a notorious and infamous figure in pop culture history. How to Operate Your Brain is a lecture on some of his ideas accompanied by pulse-pounding music and incessantly hypnotic visuals.  

Le Palais Idéal (1958) Dir. Adonis Kyrou
(French language, no subtitles, 13 minutes)

In south-east France lies one of the strangest buildings in all of Europe. This palace – named ‘The Ideal Palace’ – was built between 1879 and 1912 by one man: postman Ferdinand Cheval. This short documentary is a study of his life's work accompanied by rambunctious fifties jazz.

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985) Dirs. Maya Deren, Cherel Ito & Teiji Ito.
(English language & subtitles, 52 minutes)

Important experimental film figure Maya Deren was interested in the relationships between film, dance and perception. Her last work, Divine Horsemen, takes a fascinating look at religious practices in Haiti.

Screening of short films made specially for Borealis by students at Laksevåg videregående skole.

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