By the Lake

By the Lake

1994
6m
5.8

5.8/10

8 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary Animation
Overview

Bokanowski returns to the complex - and mind-bending - optical array of pinholes, mirrors, prisms, and refractive substrates of his earlier film, La Plage to create the whimsical and playful Au bord du lac. The film is composed of mundane, everyday scenes of recreation and leisure on an idyllic, sunny day at a park that overlooks a lake - rowing a boat, playing a game of volleyball, rollerskating, bicycling, reading a newspaper, sunbathing, riding on horseback, or strolling on the promenade - shot through optical distortions to create fractured and knotted images that resemble embellished, gothic fairytale illustrations or appear to resolve into morphing, geometric patterns of fluid motion. Evoking the vibrant colors and sun-soaked palette of an invigorated Vincent van Gogh in Arles, Bokanowski transforms the quotidian into an infinitely mesmerizing dynamic kaleidoscope of shape-shifting textures and self-reconstituting objects of organic, abstract art.

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Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
La Sept-Arte Kira B.M. Films CNC Commission Cinéma de la Procirep
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

short film

Quick Facts

Original Title Au bord du lac
Release Date September 26, 1994
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0344867

Cast

Key Crew

Patrick Bokanowski
Director
Edwin Baily
Producer
Thierry Garrel
Executive Producer
Patrick Bokanowski
Writer
Patrick Bokanowski
Screenplay