Seances
**See also the post on The Forbidden Room, as they are part of the same project**
Séances can viewed at http://seances.nfb.ca/
- If/when you see a film with Adèle in it in Séances PLEASE post the title of the film to the comments below. Together we can build a list of them. So far, I have not been able to find a list of her films in this project and I am trying to slowly build this list.
Alt Title
Spiritismes
Year
2016
Director
Guy Maddin
Synopsis
Unique short films are created that can only be seen once.
Honours/Awards
Nominated for a Webby Award in the ‘Art & Experimental/Film & Video’ category.
About the project
Filming was done in February to March 2012 at the Pompidou Centre in Paris (where Adèle’s sequences were shot) and in Montreal in 2013. The public was invited to the filming. Before filming the team ‘communicated’ with the spirits of the lost films. These seem to have been almost performance art productions.
The Paris film shoot was 17 films in 17 days, so it must have been super crazy! Adèle was in one film Ladies of the Mob with Charlotte Rampling.
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Adèle’s roles
- Unknown role, Reconstruction of Love
- Jess, a spotless colleen on her first date.
- A lady of the mob, Ladies of the Mob
- Possibly more, I am working my way through these short films to spot Adèle; you cannot just choose which to see, so it is a bit challenging. Please add any more via the comments, below, if you find more.
About the project
Séances is a companion piece to The Forbidden Room (2015). There was so much material shot for The Forbidden Room that did not make it into the final cut of the movie that the leftovers were crafted into the online interactive project that is Séances. This is not a film per se. It is an online interactive project that is based on a number of films from the silent era. All we now about them are their titles and creators. Guy Maddin’s project was to re-imagine (not recreate) these lost films. They are available online and are generated for each viewing. This makes it difficult to find Adèle’s performances. It means watching endless short films in which she does not appear, and then the joy of seeing her in one.
“Each time you click on the site, a customized algorithm using software devised by Halifax-based Nickel Media rummages through Maddin's trove of scenes and pulls together a 10- to 13-minute film that, as the co-producing NFB says, has never been seen before and will never be seen again. Even the title is unique.”
“Seances is a 2016 interactive project by filmmaker and installation artist Guy Maddin, co-creators Evan and Galen Johnson, and the National Film Board of Canada, combining Maddin's recreations of lost films with an algorithmic film generator that allows for multiple storytelling permutations.”
Comments
In a word: Strange.
Adèle is beautiful. The collection of films is kinda weird.
I love that Adèle is up for anything and that she takes on projects that challenge and extend her. That means that sometimes the projects will be a bit strange and perhaps ‘not to my taste’. I accept this and I applaud her approach to her creative journey. I’m happy to view things that I would otherwise not have, and I trust her as my cinema guide, even if things get a bit weird sometimes…
Images from Ladies of the Mob
Adèle in from Reconstruction of Love
Séances can viewed at http://seances.nfb.ca/
If/when you see a film with Adèle in it in Séances PLEASE post the title of the film to the comments below. Together we can build a list of them. So far, I have not been able to find a list of her films in this project and I am trying to slowly build this list.
Wow... Really great Information about the Film (or should I say art project). I didn't know anything about this and didn't see any of the segments.
ReplyDeleteI often think about the work as an actress/actor. When I was younger I always were interested in actress/actor and didn't care much for the directors (is there a female version of the word 🤔) - except Hitchcock - but know since I recognized that the end product is their leading and desicion with participant of cast and crew. So for example an actress/an actor can show great work but the director has to know what to do with it and share her/his vision with them to put everything in context and has "to direct".
So true. I think most people see a film as a vehicle for the actress, rather than the director. This is reinforced by the way a 'big name' starring in a film almost guarantee a big box office taking. I think as you see more films the role of the director becomes more of a factor in selecting films. I think that some of the best (& some of the worst) films are where the director is also the screenwriter...
ReplyDeleteThis is wild! The possibility is infinite. The algorithm auto generates a title and stitch together clips. So we will never get a set list of Adele's films in this project. But knowing they are recycling the same clips, maybe it's possible to gather the clips with Adele.
ReplyDeleteIt's a quest that we need lots of people to work on! Please post your findings here so I can compile them and share.
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