Overview
Otherwise known as Magellan's Toys #1. Hollis Frampton's "Noctiluca" was a film designed to be shown on the second day of the Magellan cycle, the filmmaker's unfinished magnum opus work. The title (nox/luceo) means something that shines by night, i.e., the moon, and the film indeed consists of a bright sphere, sometimes white, sometimes tinted, sometimes single, sometimes doubled and overlapped.
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Drama · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery · N/A
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- Director
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Animation · N/A
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- Director
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Animation · N/A
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- Runtime
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- Director
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