Directing
In 1963, Maurice Fleuret wrote of Thierry Vincens: “...Vincens' cinematographic projections are more than a sumptuous abstract cinema number, more than a visual illustration of an interior world whose music echoes to us, [...] a lyrical synthesis whose persuasive force is unique in the history of art nouveau. ” GIRAGLIA was produced in 1968, set to a composition by Pierre Henry.
Inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, this film is one part of the performance Le Voyage, created at the Cologne Opera in 1962 by Maurice BĂ©jart. The music and the film take place just after death, at the moment when the Clear Light appears, as described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. According to the book, if recognized, this Clear Light liberates the being from the cycle of reincarnations.
