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Text Messages from the Universe

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A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think and hear in a seamless but fragmentary flow of poetic images, words and music. The viewer undertakes a journey into their own interior world of dreams and projections in which time and space, and cause and effect logic, are turned on their heads. Text Messages from the Universe is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text which guides souls on their journey of 49 days through the 'Bardo', or intermediate state, between dying and rebirth.

Directed byRichard James Allen

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 2m
Language
EN
Released
October 21, 2019
Studios
The Physical TV Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Richard James Allen

Dancer

Jay Bailey

Dancer

Lily Bones

Dancer

Andrea Briody

Dancer

Sonia Camara

Dancer

Bonnie Curtis

Dancer

Emma Dulvey

Dancer

Ryuichi Fujimura

Dancer

Jane Bones Gonscak

Dancer

Brayden Harry

Dancer

Creative team
Directed by
Richard James Allen
Written by
Richard James Allen
Produced by
Marie-Stella McKinney
Richard James Allen

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