The Fall of Icarus proposes the magnification by the camera of a concrete material, the simple sand placed on a flat screen illuminated from behind, to reveal the changes of form and the movements of the matter once in contact with the elements: water, fire, earth and air. Particular care has been taken in the correspondence between sound and image: the compositions of the image (colors, knots of density, movements) surprisingly find their equivalence on the sound level in the music of Mireille CHAMASS.
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Gérard Patris Director · Marie-Claire Patris Editor
First release January 1, 1960 · Produced in France · Original title La chute d'Icare
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Radio-Télévision Française
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France
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Original title
La chute d'Icare
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · January 1, 1960
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