Liaisons

The National Film Board of Canada has made available on line , in its entirety, "Liaisons," the first of two films I made with them in 2005.
As usual, compression for the web chews my images, but this will however give a fair idea of that piece, and of the magnificent work composer Jean Derome accomplished with the who's who of new music in Montréal.

Click on the following link https://www.nfb.ca/film/liaisons_fr to see the movie.

If you have the bandwidth, make sure to select the "1080p" quality option.

Description (written by Pierre Hébert) in English and French:

This abstract film, full of rich colours and textures, was created thanks to an inventive use of digital technology. It grew out of an unusual process of interchange between the painter Jean Detheux and the composer Jean Derome. The result is a rare meeting of images and music. What we get is an intense meditation on a world in constant renewal, where every form that emerges is immediately engulfed by the next one. It constitutes a sort of diptych with the film Rupture, which follows. A film without words.

Ce film abstrait aux couleurs et aux textures riches et intenses a été réalisé grâce à un usage inventif de l'informatique. Expérience peu commune de rencontre entre les images et la musique, il est issu d'un processus d'échanges inédit entre le peintre Jean Detheux et le compositeur Jean Derome. Il propose une intense méditation face à un monde en fusion dans lequel s'engloutit instantanément toute forme qui tente d'émerger. Il constitue avec le film Rupture, qui a immédiatement suivi, une sorte de diptyque.