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23 feb 2013 · The Devil's Plantation: Directed by May Miles Thomas. With Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis. Based on May Miles Thomas BAFTA winning website, The Devil's Plantation is a unique adventure, a haunting psychogeographic journey into the past: 66 films, two life stories and an ancient secret revealed.
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- Mystery
- May Miles Thomas
- 2013-02-23
Synopsis. The Devil’s Plantation is a haunting psychogeographic journey into the past; a search for the magic in ordinary places. In the 1980s archaeologist Harry Bell came to believe that Glasgow - a city built and re-built on over centuries - was laid out to a hidden design.
Her habit of taking long, seemingly arbitrary walks around Glasgow caught my attention. When I then chanced upon Harry Bell’s self-published Glasgow’s Secret Geometry I realised I had the makings of a film about my home city. Harry’s quest, detailed in his book, was to rediscover the trackways by which ancient peoples had navigated.
23 feb 2013 · The Devil's Plantation unites the lives of these two strangers, retracing their steps to reveal an ancient secret and a timeless story of how we all live. In the 1980s archaeologist Harry Bell came to believe that Glasgow - a city built and re-built on over centuries - was laid out to a hidden design.
It's a search for the soul of Glasgow and for the magic in ordinary places. Once upon a time that original website won a Best Interactive BAFTA. Time moved on; The Devil's Plantation became an acclaimed iOS app and now it's a feature film narrated by the wonderful Kate Dickie and Gary Lewis.
Summaries. Based on May Miles Thomas BAFTA winning website, The Devil's Plantation is a unique adventure, a haunting psychogeographic journey into the past: 66 films, two life stories and an ancient secret revealed. In the 1980s archaeologist Harry Bell came to believe that Glasgow - a city built and re-built on over centuries - was laid out to ...
2 mar 2013 · Miles Thomas’ film looks at Glasgow from all sides, the historical, the architectural, the emotional and perhaps most effectively from the perspective of those most familiar with it. Artfully shot, and featuring atmospheric music by Miles Thomas, The Devil’s Plantation is as much a love letter to Glasgow as it is a study of humanity and our search for meaning.
