The Imagined States of America
Feature documentary
Les Films de
l’Isle in coproduction with
national Film board of Canada © 2014
Still photography and photo-montages
Pierre Guimond
Narration
Guy Nadon
Editing and visual affects
Chris Malanchen, Pierre Plouffe
Music
Robert Marcel Lepage
Producers
Ian Boyd
Johanne Bergeron, Yves Bisailllon (NFB)
Selection / Competition
Festival international du film sur l’art (FIFA – 2014)
Festival international de productions audiovisuelles (FIPA)
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/lesetatsinventes/88706613
When you think America, what comes to mind? Car culture, big business, advertising, religious fundamentalism, consumer society, militarism, suburbia, office towers, and the technology of paranoia? The film Imagined States of America takes on the myths to get at the heart of a country that continues to fascinate the world. Inspired by the photo collages of Quebec artist Pierre Guimond, and incorporating an intricately built soundscape, this film is like a dream on the verge of a nightmare as America is revealed with all its paradoxes.