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Quay Brothers Observation Report
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As a student with very limited knowledge of Film Noir and the Quay Brothers, the retrospective curated by the MoMA offers an extensive insight and knowledge in to the what seemed like at first inaccessible world of filmmaking that was so foreign to me. The
Quay Brothers retrospective was very immersion into the fantasy world crafted by the imaginative identical twins. The exhibit relies on variety of mediums that transports the audience into a parallel universe of mystery and subtle almost frightening spectacle overlapping characteristics of Film Noir. The exhibition utilizes video screens, projections, objects, moving image, graphic design pieces, calligraphy, animations and drawings that allows for the departure of reality
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