- MOVE depicts the surreal dream life of a young comatose man, and how it may be attempting to guide him to consciousness. Although the main character seems to be permanently disconnected from life, his inner visions symbolically echo gestures of caring from the conscious world. Even after the young man apparently awakens, the strange inner logic of his imagination confronts us with ambiguity.—Anonymous
- MOVE depicts the surreal dream life of a young comatose man attempts, and how it attempts to guide him to consciousness. Even though seemingly disconnected from life, his interior life echoes symbolic gestures of caring from the outer conscious world. Even after awakening, the strange inner logic of his imagination presents more ambiguity.
Immediately, we are introduced to the protagonist, and then gently enter his interior life where multiple motifs cycle through his metaphorical journey. We soon witness the colour symbolism that echoes throughout many of his dreams. The colour emanates from sources in the outer conscious world and reflects caring for him.
MOVE is a hybrid project that juxtaposes live-action with stop-motion animation. The stop-motion animation scenes reflect subconscious realms. The live-action scenes with actors in real world settings represent the conscious world, and play a critical empathetic role for the audience, as well as emotionally contextualizing the story. MOVE is meant to be moving, not sentimental. The dramatic music composed and played by Claus Gahrn was conceived as an evolving meditation in ascension. There is no spoken dialogue.
MOVE not only mythologizes dream life, but also manifests the director's belief that spirituality concerns itself with the quality of worldly relationships. MOVE is an expressionistic narrative that evokes both the poetics of a subconscious world, the kinetic richness of our interior lives, as well as the notion that visions may powerfully enhance our lives.
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