On Looking For Faces in the Clouds The Netherlands
2009, 49min.
Prod.: Denis Vaslin, Script/ Dir.: Sander Blom, Dir. of Phot.: Vladas Naudzius, Sound: Ranko Pauković, Edit.: Stella van Voorst van Beest
On Looking for Faces in the Clouds is a study into the phenomenon of pareidolia: man’s tendency to perceive random (visual) patterns as significant. The study aims to measure the influence exerted by the proximity of places famous for their miracles and phenomena – the 'benchmark' sites Lourdes and Loch Ness – on the degree of sensibility to pareidolic observations. In simpler words: are people who live near Lourdes or Loch Ness more inclined to ‘see things’ than those who live further away? Even though the director thinks there is no such association, he begins his research with an open mind. We learn more about the pareidolia mechanism and the population of Southern France and Scotland. Using science as both tool and subject, On Looking for Faces in the Clouds seeks to answer the question: what do we see?
Production Company
Volya Films b.v.
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| Blom, Sander Sander Blom (born 1963, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Graduated from the Dutch Film and Television Academy in 1993 and made several short films, some of which in cooperation with Mels van Zutphen. In his work, he explores the boundary between the real and the not so real, often using a (pseudo)documentary and/or pseudoscientific format. In recent years he has received grants from The Dutch Art Fund and several others. He is living in Amsterdam.
Filmography
Skwiieeek (1989), Berlages Exile (1992), How is an egg? (1993), The 4 Evangelists (1995), Something So Wild (1995), Science, the State of Affairs. Part 3: Seeing Is Believing ( 1996), Hi Roelie (1997), An Andalusian Mouse (1998), Cinefluoroscopic Study (1998), Pack up Your Troubles (1998), In the Mountains in the Snow (1999), On Firing Rifles in the Air (2002), Young Guns (2002), Digital Storytelling (2004), Clown Ministry 1 & 2 (2005), Etna (2006), Through Measurement to Knowledge (2007), On looking for Faces in the Clouds (2009).
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