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Apparition of the Eternal Church

Plot: The movie captures the responses of 31 authors, musicians, filmmakers and dancers to Olivier Messiaen's monumental organ work "Apparition of the Eternal Church. " Listening to the 10-minute piece through headphones, the documentary subjects-most of whom are outsiders to the church and do not know what they're hearing-put Messiaen's project to the test: Is it possible to portray, through time-bound, invisible sound, the spiritual, the architectural, the eternal? The result is a collective interpretation improvising its way through an aesthetic landscape defined by violent contradictions
Release Date: Saturday, January 28 2006
18 years ago
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Portrait of John Cameron MitchellJohn Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell was
42 in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Self'.
Sun, Apr 21 1963
Portrait of Jackie BeatJackie Beat
Jackie Beat was
42 in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Self'.
Wed, Jul 24 1963
Portrait of Justin Vivian BondJustin Vivian Bond
Justin Vivian Bond was
42 in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Self'.
Thu, May 09 1963
Portrait of Ana MatronicAna Matronic
Ana Matronic was
31 in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Self'.
Wed, Aug 14 1974
Portrait of Daniel HandlerDaniel Handler
Daniel Handler was
35 in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Self'.
Sat, Feb 28 1970

Crew

Portrait of Paul FestaPaul Festa
Paul Festa was
>> in Apparition of the Eternal Church
as 'Director'
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