Bardo Follies

Bardo Follies

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 2, 1967

Runtime

0h 20m

User Score

45%

Original Title

Bardo Follies

Director

Owen Land

Description

A shot of a Southern Belle waving to a group of tourists on a pleasure boat ride is looped, multiplied and then melted, creating psychedelic abstract images. “A paraphrasing of certain sections of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in motion picture terms.” - Harvard Film Archive. Originally ran 45 minutes, then was edited down to 30, then 20 minutes. Final version was simply entitled "Diploteratology" and runs 7 minutes, and is the most commonly shown version.