"Perfectly a Strangeness" with Alison McAlpine

What this episode covers

”Three donkeys are in an unnamed desert and they discover an abandoned astronomical observatory.  And the universe.”  That’s how Alison McAlpine (“Second Sight”, “Ghostmen of Skye”, "Cielo") describes her Oscar-nominated short documentary “Perfectly a Strangeness” to Mike.  In this wordless film, McAlpine uses the “fundamentals of cinema”– sound, movement, light, shadow, reflections – to craft a “conversation” between the muscular, visceral donkeys and the advanced, technological observatory.  The resulting 15 minutes are a rare amalgam of mundanity and profundity, one which will make you see living creatures, man-made objects, and even the night sky anew. The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.   Follow: @perfectly_a_strangeness on Instagram @topdocspod on Instagram and twitter

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