Documentary · Canada · 1969 · 1h 23m

Reason Over Passion

La raison avant la passion

Synopsis

The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau's infamous motto.

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