Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:London Guildhall University Soft Future Productions Middlesex University Arts Council of England Channel 4 Television
Heliocentrum
11 minDocumentary
Plot
Political documentary meets baroque rave video in this computer animated portrayal of Louis XIV and his pleasure palace at Versailles Courtiers from a Rudolf Valentino movie appear in an environment more reminiscent of Blade Runner while shots from the Poll Tax Riots are weaved into a virtual diorama of London Uncover the Seventeenth Century origins of our fascination with special effects surveillance and addiction to media spectacle
