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La Région Centrale (1971)

La Région Centrale poster
Original title
La région centrale
Directed by
Michael Snow
Genre
documentary film, experimental film
Country
Canada
Runtime
3h
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A robotic arm moves through a remote Canadian landscape over 24 hours. The camera shows only the terrain and sky with no human presence or story.

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What happens

La Région Centrale is a 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. The film is 180 minutes long and shot over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm, and consists entirely of preprogrammed movements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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