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THE FREEMARTIN CALF
France - 2011 - experimental fiction - B&W - 16:9 - stereo sound - 40 min Shooting format : Super 8 & 16mm A film by Jayne Amara Ross Original music by Frédéric D. Oberland w/ Gaspar Claus Recorded at Magnum Diva Studio between 2010 and 2011 Mixed at Le Fresnoy & La Fémis by Maxime Champesme Mastered by Nils Frahm Jayne Amara Ross // poetry & narration Gaspar Claus // cello Frédéric D. Oberland // electric bowed guitar, fender rhodes, kalimba, harmonium, theremin, bowed glockenspiel, bells, piano, electronics The realistic narrative of ‘The Freemartin Calf’ never ceases to enrichen its symbolic basis with dreamlike imagery. Here we are closer to a naturalism that its transcended, magnified. From the ambitious mis-en-scène to the intricate structure of the film and the power of the facture, ‘The Freemartin Calf’ is a film of great maturity – and of extraordinary beauty. // |
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