Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity

Name: Odilon Redon or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity
Genre: Short
Released: 1995-09-24
Duration: 5 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Jim Keller, Brandy Bayes, Caelum Vatnsdal

19951995
5m

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A father and son ride the rails in their powerful locomotive. Witnessing a crash between two other engines, they rescue the lone survivor, Berenice, and make her a part of their family. All ... Read allA father and son ride the rails in their powerful locomotive. Witnessing a crash between two other engines, they rescue the lone survivor, Berenice, and make her a part of their family. All is well until the father and son become rivals for the girl's affections and perform a ser... Read allA father and son ride the rails in their powerful locomotive. Witnessing a crash between two other engines, they rescue the lone survivor, Berenice, and make her a part of their family. All is well until the father and son become rivals for the girl's affections and perform a series of dare-devil feats to win her heart. She runs off with a zeppelin pilot, and, after K... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

493

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POPULARITY

258,447

22,251

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Awards
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Trivia
Included on the 2000 Warner DVD of "Short 2"

Crazy credits
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Towards Infinity (A. Edgar Poe, Paris, G. Fischbacher) 1882 by Odilon Redon © The Museum of Modern Art New York Gift of Peter H. Deitsch

Connections
Edited into Short 2: Dreams (2000)

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9/10

its own world

No, this short film does not exactly "make sense". Yes, it is quite possible that this short is "pretentious" (whatever that even means anymore). However, this film is about more than plot or even structure- instead, it's more about creating a unique and imaginative world surrounded by surreal images and crushing dreams of dreariness and beauty. It's about cracking open the mind of Guy Maddin and taking a risky, five minute long dive, exploring its various crevices of bizarre goodness. It's not for everybody...but those that can appreciate it are likely to have struck gold with such a colossally original, exciting, and weird work of art.

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