This amazing marriage of art, music and film took five years (1977-1982) in the making by its French creator, Patrick Bokanowski and programmed non-stop in a Tokyo cinema for nearly ten years. The impressionistic images are accompanied by a beautiful atmospheric soundtrack of original music composed by Michele Bokanowski to present a textured, multi-layered complexity of vision and sound. “L’Ange” makes for compelling viewing and deserves its cult status in the world of avant-garde filmmaking. Cast includes Jacques Faure, Martine Couture, Jean-Marie Bon, Dominique Lesourd, Maurice Baquet, Rita Renoir, Patricia Peretti.
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ACMI Identifier
318599
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)