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Decasia: The State of Decay

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A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2002-01-24

Runtime: 70 mins

Director: Bill Morrison

Writer: Bill Morrison

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Decasia: The State of Decay

Production Companies: Hypnotic Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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