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.