Ephemeral Tales

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident. Lonely Planet de-romanticizes outer space after a young man in transit to another planet realizes that the real ride is closer to home. In the picturesque Australian outback, Christopher Watson explores characters' underwater fantasies. The animated The Raven is a visual interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem. Winke and Lachle explores the mysterious luck its characters experience after driving past people waving from freeway overpasses.