Text Messages from the Universe (2019)
Overview
A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think and hear in a seamless but fragmentary flow of poetic images, words and music. The viewer undertakes a journey into their own interior world of dreams and projections in which time and space, and cause and effect logic, are turned on their heads. Text Messages from the Universe is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text which guides souls on their journey of 49 days through the 'Bardo', or intermediate state, between dying and rebirth.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.356 |
Directed By
Richard James Allen
Crew
Olivia Deur
Ben Ferris
Gourav Gandhi
Lhara Wetmore
Richard James Allen
Azure Susan Schofield
Karen Pearlman
Richard James Allen
Marie-Stella McKinney
Richard James Allen
Ola Turkiewicz
Richard James Allen
Karen Pearlman
TOP CAST
Richard James Allen
Dancer
Jay Bailey
Dancer
Lily Bones
Dancer
Andrea Briody
Dancer
Sonia Camara
Dancer
Bonnie Curtis
Dancer
Emma Dulvey
Dancer
Ryuichi Fujimura
Dancer
Jane Bones Gonscak
Dancer
Brayden Harry
Dancer
Stephanie King
Dancer
Dimitri Kleioris
Dancer
Brianna Law
Dancer
Catherine Moore
Dancer
Phillipa Mills
Dancer
Ellena Nou
Dancer
Xin Hui Ong
Dancer
Karen Pearlman
Dancer
Kathryn Pule
Dancer
Elizabeth Roberts
Dancer
Sharlene Roberts
Dancer
Elena Salerno
Dancer
Cassandra Spilling
Dancer
Levente Szabo
Dancer
Cydney Yeats
Dancer
Ola Turkiewicz
Singer
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