Given the Blue

Given the Blue

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Given the Blue

1992

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Etant Donné le Bleu (Given the Blue) is a visual narrative—images breaking in a parallel universe, the realm of science fiction and the fantastic. The repetition, multiplication, and mechanization are intended to form a radically artificial world.

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Directed by: Arghyro Paouri

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