Daedalus

Daan Bruin
2024-07-17

Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breath
10
63 min

"Fly too high and you will burn, go too low and you won't breathe." Daedalus weaves a tale of ambition and caution through an ancient myth, set in a nation below sea level. Shot in just seven consecutive days during the summer of 2023, it concludes the first volume of Bliss, a playlist of sounds and shapes. As the master craftsman gifts his son wings and wisdom, the film delves into the perilous dance between striving for greatness and the suffocating pull of stagnancy. This chaotic exploration bridges the warnings and epiphanic thoughts of 20th-century thinkers with the responses of today's dreamers.

Cast

Name Character Team
Indy Simin Creator art installation "Echt in Vorm' Dancer (Part of Diotima) Unowned
Asyera Tonikoe Dancer (Part of Diotima) Unowned
Wulf Stock Dancer (Part of Diotima) Unowned
Eva Marie Louise Creator Graduation Show "Bimbo From 010" (Part of Bimbo Radio) Unowned
Carl Jung Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Jean Cocteau Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Maya Angelou Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Tim Haarman dreamer Unowned
Jop van Haaff the young photographer that defined an era Unowned
Sam Mazzarino Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Anne Karrenbeld Protagonist (Part of Dionisos) Unowned
Alice Walker Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Ursula K. Le Guin Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Charles Bukowski Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Andrei Tarkovsky Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Altman Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Brian Eno Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Viktor Frankl Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Terence McKenna Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Joost Klein himself (uncredited) Unowned
Brunzyn himself (uncredited) Unowned
Hef himself (uncredited) Unowned
Frenna himself (uncredited) Unowned
JID himself (uncredited) Unowned
Norman McLaren sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren Unowned
cinemateq Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) Unowned