Text Messages from the Universe
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A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think and hear in a seamless but fragmentary flow of poetic images, words and music. The viewer undertakes a journey into their own interior world of dreams and projections in which time and space, and cause and effect logic, are turned on their heads. Text Messages from the Universe is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text which guides souls on their journey of 49 days through the 'Bardo', or intermediate state, between dying and rebirth.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-10-21
Runtime: 62 mins
Director: Richard James Allen
Writer: Richard James Allen
Spoken language: English
Genres: Music, Documentary, Fantasy
Original title: Text Messages from the Universe
Production Companies: The Physical TV Company
Production Countries: Australia
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