Brief Candle (2013)
Overview
The sequel to "Painted" puts Andrew Wyeth’s ’Christina’s World’ into motion, and explores how bio-electricity galvanizes into discovering muscular intelligence. The light field was setup with 50 lamps, thousands of feet of power cord, and careful visual effects in post.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.158 |
Directed By
Duncan McDowall
Crew
Dorotea Saykaly
Loïc Surprenant
Nans Bortuzzo
Duncan McDowall
Duncan McDowall
Sébastien Delporte
TOP CAST
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