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Trance dance (1992)

Trance dance poster
Directed by
Morten Skriver
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
49 min

How it feels

This documentary is a personal essay about the clash between an ancient ritual culture and modern tourism. It was filmed on the Indonesian island of Bali, where the director describes the local Hinduism as one of the most wonderfully sensual and visually generous cultures in the world, while mass tourism booms there.

thoughtfulobservationalmeditativecontemplativeculturalreflectivebalancedpersonal

What happens

Trance dance er en dokumentarfilm fra 1992 instrueret af Morten Skriver efter manuskript af Morten Skriver. Et personligt essay om en gammel rituel kultur stillet overfor det moderne turistmenneske. Filmen er optaget på den indonesiske ø Bali, hvor - med instruktørens ord - den særlige balinesiske hinduisme er "en af de mest vidunderligt sanselige og visuelt generøse kulturer, verden har kendt". Og hvor den internationale masseturisme har et af sine mest intensive og blomstrende vækstområder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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