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Text Messages from the Universe
Text Messages from the Universe

Text Messages from the Universe

Genres

MusicDocumentaryFantasy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

62 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

21 October 2019

Country

Australia

Cast

Richard James Allen

Richard James Allen

Dancer

Jay Bailey

Jay Bailey

Dancer

Lily Bones

Lily Bones

Dancer

Andrea Briody

Andrea Briody

Dancer

Sonia Camara

Sonia Camara

Dancer

Bonnie Curtis

Bonnie Curtis

Dancer

Emma Dulvey

Emma Dulvey

Dancer

Ryuichi Fujimura

Ryuichi Fujimura

Dancer

Jane Bones Gonscak

Jane Bones Gonscak

Dancer

Brayden Harry

Brayden Harry

Dancer

Stephanie King

Stephanie King

Dancer

Dimitri Kleioris

Dimitri Kleioris

Dancer

Brianna Law

Brianna Law

Dancer

Catherine Moore

Catherine Moore

Dancer

Phillipa Mills

Phillipa Mills

Dancer

Ellena Nou

Ellena Nou

Dancer

Xin Hui Ong

Xin Hui Ong

Dancer

Karen Pearlman

Karen Pearlman

Dancer

Kathryn Pule

Kathryn Pule

Dancer

Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts

Dancer

Sharlene Roberts

Sharlene Roberts

Dancer

Elena Salerno

Elena Salerno

Dancer

Cassandra Spilling

Cassandra Spilling

Dancer

Levente Szabo

Levente Szabo

Dancer

Cydney Yeats

Cydney Yeats

Dancer

Ola Turkiewicz

Ola Turkiewicz

Singer

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