Lettre à un amant

Lettre à un amant is the final chapter of Paradis video trilogy It deals with a couples breakup It is both a letter and a reflection and it concerns giving of ones self sharing and exchanging It is also a response to the other persons flight the absence the void The images attempt to replace the fear and silence A need sublimated in the exacerbation of pleasure conveyed by images and sounds Lettre à un amant is a masterful conclusion to the series At the same time it poses several questions about the dichotomous loveimage paradox present in love This work also refers to an earlier work by Marc Paradis La Cage because of its erotic homosexual content and its many electronic applications Richard Angers original score was composed to emphasize the dramatic aspect while several processes proper to the video medium serve to peg the images in an aesthetic approach