The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

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Film Information:
Year:

2009

The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
País:

 
Director:

Peter Liechti

Color:

Color + B&W
Format:

35 mm
Duration:

88 min

Cast:

  • Peter Mettler

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Peter Liechti
  • TEXTO: Shimada Masahiko
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Matthias Kälin, Peter Liechti
  • MONTAJE: Tania Stöcklin
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Peter Liechti

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Synopsis

Another complex montage of image and sounds; this time, it’s an adaptation of Masahiko Shimada’s short story “My Dear Mummy”, which was based on a true story. The mummified body of a man is found in the mountains. By his side, there is a notebook which reveals he has killed himself by starvation. The entries in that final journal are read out-loud by a voice over (it’s the voice of Petropolis’ director Petter Mettler) while Liechti imagines what his senses perceived as time went by. And so, the dying man’s hypnotic story flows through a tunnel of images that go from landscapes to hallucinations and abstractions. The sound of insects and birds is the soundtrack of this inner voyage.

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