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Movie poster: Valse Triste (1977)
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Valse Triste

1977 · 5 min Drama
5.8 / 10 · TMDB

With a similar dreamy mood like its predecessor "Take the 5:10 to Dreamland" (1976) this clip starts with a boy getting into his bed. The camera zooms in into the boy's mind and a slow, sad waltz (i.e."Valse Triste") accompanies images of a locomotive, a miner, the globe, the sky, a sheep heard, etc. Disparate elements, but if one concentrates only at the movement of the figures, one can perceive a commotion, slowly livening up: The starting wheels of the heavy locomotive, the tired miner pushing the heavy cart of coal bricks, the globe smoothly turning around and around, the clouds imperceptibly floating in the sky, the sheep idly moving in the herd, etc. We reach the first climax when a mannequin opens her coat like a flower. The second big crescendo spurts out from a "water hose", after watching schoolgirls doing gymnastics for quite a while. A sad, but nostalgic aftertaste lingers in the end when funeral cars drive away through a flooded area…

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📋 Film Details

Year 1977
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Bruce Conner
Runtime 5 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.8/10 (16 votes)

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The film constructs a poetic reality, relying on the rhythm of the waltz and associative imagery to explore the border between dream and wakefulness.

What lingers after viewing is a meditative immersion into subconscious imagery, where movement generates meaning, leaving a quiet sense of profound, simple magic. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Bruce Conner

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Alone, in dim light, surrendering completely to the flow of images.

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