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Garden

1971 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: Jardin (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

An experiment in metaphoric imagery. This is a surrealistic garden where the earth seethes with strange, unusual shapes and activity, accelerated in movement, compressed in time. Insectlike creatures dart under and over the sand with elusive swiftness; Picasso-like faces stare momentarily upward, mutate and disappear; wilted blossoms become suddenly animated. What happens on the screen is punctuated and accompanied by synthetic sound effects.

Credits

Directing

Director
Christopher Nutter

Producing

Producer
Tom Daly

Music

Music
Bruce Mackay