Mon œil pour une caméra

Mon œil pour une caméra

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2001

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Mon œil pour une caméra

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Denys Desjardins

Description

A filmmaker, fascinated by the power of the camera and obsessed with the theories of Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov, decides to get a camera eye to replace the real eye he lost as a child. The visionary quest begins on the operating table, where a surgeon grafts a prototype ocular implant into his eye socket. Seeking a microscopic camera that could be incorporated into his artificial eye so he could secretly film whatever he sees, the filmmaker explores the futuristic technology that could make this possible, while revisiting chapters of his own past.