1 Seconde
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1991
0 hr 4 min
Animation
“When he shot Une seconde (4 min., 20 sec.), a video animation without computer graphics, Richard Angers tried to adapt Norman McLaren’s animation techniques to video shooting and editing. A long-term solitary task, in which images are moved by hand, centimetre by centimetre, in which one plays with the number of images per second, and in which the ± pure quest for effects is more important than the message”. BLANCHARD, Louise. “Les vidéastes sont au ‘rendez-vous’”, Le Journal de Montréal, Montreal (9 February 1992), p. 38.
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What makes it different from others?
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disgusting, overrated, pointless
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Absolutely the worst movie.
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The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
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