Mindscape (1976 film)

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Mindscape
French Le Paysagiste
Directed by Jacques Drouin
Written byJacques Drouin
Produced byGaston Sarault
Edited byJacques Drouin
Music byDenis Larochelle
Production
company
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
7 minutes, 31 seconds
Country Canada
LanguagesEnglish, French
Budget$38,740

Mindscape (French : Le Paysagiste) is a 1976 pinscreen animation short film by Jacques Drouin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. [1] [2]

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It was Drouin's second pinscreen work, after his 1974 work Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff, and received tremendous international recognition. [3]

A film without dialogue, Mindscape shows an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape. [4] The film had a budget of $38,740 (equivalent to $195,693in 2023). [5]

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References

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  3. "Mindscape / Le paysagiste". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. "Mindscape/Le paysagiste". Collection. National Film Board of Canada . Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. Evans 1991, p. 241.
  6. "Past Winngers, 1977" (PDF). yorktonfilm.com. Yorkton Film Festival. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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