Incredible Floridas
★ 4.7 · 1972 · 13m · Documentary · Music
This short film documents Australian composer Richard Meale’s homage to the young French poet, Arthur Rimbaud. Meale composed a music piece for woodwind, percussion and strings which he titled “Incredible Floridas."
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