Raymond Tallis | On Tickling

Original Title: Raymond Tallis | On Tickling

8' | 2017 (Completed)

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Director:	Johan Grimonprez
Producer:	Daan Milius, Harald Hauben, Jan Stevens
Writer:	Johan Grimonprez

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A short film in which philosopher/neurologist Raymond Tallis argues that consciousness is not an internal construct, but is rather relational.

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In this short film by Johan Grimonprez, British neurologist Raymond Tallis argues that consciousness is not an internal construct, but rather relational. Through the intriguing notion that humans are physically unable to tickle themselves, Tallis explores the philosophical notion that we become ourselves only through dialogue with others. Shouldn't Descartes' first tenet "I think, therefore I am" rather be: we dialogue, therefore we are? A view underscored by the observation that many sensations can only be triggered by others. Images of a heated television-debate on the war in Syria, during which two speakers angrily thrust a table at each other, illustrate that aggression, like tickling, requires two parties.

Credits

Director
Johan Grimonprez
Producer
Daan Milius, Harald Hauben, Jan Stevens
Writer
Johan Grimonprez
Cast
Raymond Tallis
Editing
Sabine Groenewegen
Photography
Nicole Mackinlay Hahn
Sound
Leke Awoyinka

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Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2017
Production status
Completed
Original title
Raymond Tallis | On Tickling

Technical specs

Running time
8'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)

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2017: Indie Lisboa (PT); Curtas Vila do Conde (PT)

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De Chinezen (BE)

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Flanders State of the Art, The Arts Research Fund of University College Ghent

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Raymond Tallis | On Tickling

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