Illusion, New York City Reimagined as a Surreal Movie Set That Gets Switched On Every Morning

The prolific French filmmaking duo Claire and Max of Menilmonde have created “Illusion“, a short, surreal video from the that imagines the bustling city of New York as a movie set that gets switched on every morning.

New York City. A switch noise and day appears instantly. This New-York is different: it’s a huge movie set with only facades without depth. Here, all people have a strange characteristic: a confusing and mesmerizing one… But what are we really?

The filmmakers had previously offered a similar perspective of Paris, depicting the City of Lights as a deserted movie set.

In january, we made « Apparences » : we imagined a Paris like a movie set. The film was a success on the web, shared on many digital medias and we figured on a TV show. In march 2016, we were in NYC : the city was the choice for the second production based on this concept of movie set. For this NYC film, meaning is given to this concept.

via The Awesomer

Lori Dorn
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