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Mirage

1950s

Cat no. 213617

A man's attempt to quench his thirst is thwarted by a string of surreal occurrences.

A silent drama. Sweating beneath the bright, hot lights of a bare room, a man reaches for a bottle to quench his thirst. Finding the bottle empty, he leaves the room in search of liquid, any liquid. In another bare room he discovers a half-empty seltzer bottle, but the valve fails. Struggling to remove the top, the water literally disappears before his eyes. As the man gets increasingly desperate, his search for a drink becomes more surreal. A turn of the water tap delivers only sand, a boiling kettle is revealed to be completely dry, freshly delivered milk bottles are removed by mysterious hands, and even the rain outside his window quickly turns to dust. Sitting back in his bare room, the man hears a dripping tap. On investigation, he counters a strange man in a white coat who points at a glass of water. But just as the water flows, the man appears in a dentist chair, finally free from his anaesthesia-induced nightmare.

Keywords

Dentists; Dreams; Nightmares; Thirst; Water

  • Production company : Sidcup Film Unit

  • Maker : John Chittock

Manifestations

Mirage

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    INV390253
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Modification Date
    25/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734484
  • Barcode
    INV372171
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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  • Barcode
    INV396090
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724137
  • Barcode
    INV328226
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    709192
  • Barcode
    INV221145
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Has Sound
    N
    Modification Date
    22/12/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    677605
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV215226
    Canonical Identifier
    2008/10
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Duration
    0:07:08
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    17/12/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    677558
    Sound
    silent

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