| My Eye for a Camera | |
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| Director: | Denys Desjardins |
| Producer: | Nicole Lamothe |
| Starring: | Denys Desjardins Steve Mann Boris Lehman |
| Music: | Simon Bellefleur Sandro Forte |
| Cinematography: | Denys Desjardins Jacques Leduc |
| Editing: | José Heppell |
| Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English French |
My Eye for a Camera (fr|Mon oeil pour une caméra) is a 2001 autofiction film by Quebec film director Denys Desjardins.[1] [2]
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.
The film received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003.