| Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity | |
| Director: | Guy Maddin |
| Producer: | Diane Freeman Keith Griffiths |
| Starring: | Jim Keller Caelum Vatnsdal Brandy Bayes |
| Cinematography: | Terry Reimer |
| Studio: | Guy Maddin Productions |
| Runtime: | 4 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Odilon Redon, or The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Guy Maddin and released in 1995.[1] The film stars Jim Keller and Caelum Vatnsdal as Keller and Caelum, a father and son who compete for the affections of Berenice (Brandy Bayes), a woman they have rescued from a train crash.
The film was commissioned by the BBC as part of a series in which filmmakers were asked to create short films inspired by other artists. Maddin chose French painter Odilon Redon, focusing in particular on The Eye Like a Strange Balloon, one of the charcoal illustrations Redon did for the first published French translation of the works of Edgar Allan Poe.[2]
The film had its theatrical premiere at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.[4]