This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope (2010)

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Folk cinema from the eternal never-ending collage that is INDIA. A journey through the ancient Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu featuring Hindu trance ceremonies, street music, festivals, nagaswaram improvisations, impossibly loud cities, ancient temples, processions, devotions, decay, fireworks, abstractions and more. India is impossible to know: it is impossibly old and impossibly new, impossibly rich and impossibly poor, quiet and chaotic. Offered here is one perspective, raw, captured live and in the moment, with an emphasis on India's complex and mesmerizing sounds.

Director: Robert Millis
Genre: Documentary, Music
Runtime: 50 min
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Production: Sublime Frequencies
Country: Brazil
Original Language: en

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope about?
Folk cinema from the eternal never-ending collage that is INDIA. A journey through the ancient Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu featuring Hindu trance ceremonies, street music, festivals, nagaswaram improvisations, impossibly loud cities, ancient temples, processions, devotions, decay, fireworks, abstractions and more. India is impossible to know: it is impossibly old and impossibly new, impossibly rich and impossibly poor, quiet and chaotic. Offered here is one perspective, raw, captured live and in the moment, with an emphasis on India's complex and mesmerizing sounds.
Who directed This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope?
This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope was directed by Robert Millis.
How long is This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope?
This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope has a runtime of 50m (50 minutes).
What genre is This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope?
This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope is a Documentary, Music film.
Where was This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope produced?
This World Is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope was produced in Brazil.