Crystal World
2013, English. Directed by Pia Borg.
Crystal World is inspired by J.G Ballard’s apocalyptic science fiction novel of the same name where a viral crystal metamorphoses trees, animals, humans and architecture into frozen jewels forever suspended in time and space. The novel is a haunting portrait of a world in which everything is illuminated by prismatic light, a ‘leaking’ of time that causes humans to experience individual moments endlessly looped, repeated and prolonged. My film adapts this concept of crystallization and applies it to fragments from the 1955 film. I reconstruct scenes from Charles Laughton’s iconic film with underwater puppets, which I then crystallize using ammonium phosphate crystals, time-lapse photography, mirrors, prisms, and projectors. (http://piaborg.com)
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- 0h 12m
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- English
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- 1 July 2013
- Country
- United Kingdom, Australia
- Written by
- Pia Borg
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What Crystal World is based on
Crystal World is adapted from a novel.
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Crystal World (2013) was directed by Pia Borg.
What is Crystal World based on?
Crystal World is adapted from a novel.