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Strand (2009)

Strand poster
Directed by
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Country
Iran
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This experimental film explores the connection between memory and physical surroundings. It uses images and sounds from Iranian landscapes and cityscapes to create a personal journey through time and emotion.

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What happens

Strand is a 2009 Iranian experimental film directed by Rouzbeh Rashidi that tells the visual bond between nostalgia and physical reality, the liquid phase produced by the condensation of Stream of consciousness will evolve through the film and manifests itself using images and sounds. Strand is a personal journey in memory and time using human models, landscapes and cityscapes of Iran in order to explore the emotion hidden in past and future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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