EGYPTE

by Al RAZUTIS
1977 / 16mm / color / sound / 1S / 12' 00

ÉGYPTE is a meditation on ancient time and space. Inspired by the Tibetan Tantric chants of the Lamas (which also comprises the sound track), this impressionistic piece presents the ancient sense of 'mystery' without recourse to narration or didactic (historical) interpretation.

The film features extensive use of time-lapse cinematography, and close-up tracking shots of hieroglyphic walls and temples, ranging in location from the Giza pyramids to the Luxor temples, and other notable locations in Egypt. The film 'poem' takes the viewer to the place of 'the ancients'. Later films utilizing similar subjects/styles, though in 70mm and using world-wide locations, include Baraka by Ron Fricke.

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