My Eye for a Camera (French: Mon oeil pour une caméra) is a 2001 autofiction film by Quebec film director Denys Desjardins.[1][2]

My Eye for a Camera
FrenchMon oeil pour une caméra
Directed byDenys Desjardins
Written byDenys Desjardins
Produced byNicole Lamothe
StarringDenys Desjardins
Steve Mann
Boris Lehman
CinematographyDenys Desjardins
Jacques Leduc
Edited byJosé Heppell
Music bySimon Bellefleur
Sandro Forte
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

Plot

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Fascinated by the power of the camera and obsessed with the theories of Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov, a filmmaker decides to get a camera eye to replace the real eye he lost as a child. This visionary quest begins on the operating table where a surgeon grafts a prototype ocular implant into his eye socket. Seeking a microscopic camera that could be incorporated into his artificial eye so he could secretly film whatever he sees, the filmmaker explores the futuristic technology that could make this possible, while revisiting chapters of his own past.

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Award

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The film received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003.

References

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  1. ^ Bruno Guglielminetti, "Un jeu-questionnaire de 29000 questions". La Presse, February 20, 2002.
  2. ^ Canadian Patent 2313693, https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/4a/77/86/84197e6cf90c01/CA2313693A1.pdf
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