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Text Messages from the Universe
6.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 2m•NR• English
MusicDocumentaryFantasy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
RJ
Richard James Allen
Dancer
LeadJB
Jay Bailey
Dancer
LB
Lily Bones
Dancer
AB
Andrea Briody
Dancer
SC
Sonia Camara
Dancer
BC
Bonnie Curtis
Dancer
ED
Emma Dulvey
Dancer
RF
Ryuichi Fujimura
Dancer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard James Allen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Text Messages from the Universe is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
