Lodela (1996)
- Directed by
- Philippe Baylaucq
- Genre
- experimental film, dance film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 26 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two dancers perform choreography inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The film explores ideas of death and the afterlife through movement and imagery.
meditativepoeticdreamlikevisually lushslow-pacedcontemplativeetherealabstract
What happens
Lodela is a 1996 dance film directed by Philippe Baylaucq, and produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada. The film received eight awards, including Best Short Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival, citing its "formal beauty and poetic cinematic construction". The film featured dancers José Navas and Chi Long, with Navas also serving as choreographer. Lodela draws its inspiration from the Bardo Thodol, with the film's title a corruption of "l'au-delà," a French term for the hereafter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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