Film
From the Pole to the Equator
1987 · 1h 36m · Documentary
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Overview
The title Dal polo all'equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925; it was used again by Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi for their film of 1985. Much of the original has been re-worked: the 'found footage' has been re-shot, slowed down, tinted, and re-edited with a sound track of minimalist composition. As a result, the exotica of colonial travel and sport take on new and sinister meanings. The acts of violence, especially those of hunting, recur in patterns that suggest visually that war is a logical development. A close examination of the work, starting with the opening sequence of a railway journey, explores the centrality of questions of memory and history to this remarkable and influential film.
Cast
Crew
- Yervant GianikianDirector · Producer · Editor
- Angela Ricci LucchiDirector · Producer · Editor
- Luca ComerioDirector of Photography
- Keith UllrichOriginal Music Composer
- Charles AndersonOriginal Music Composer
- D. A. PennebakerEditor
Details
- Release date
- September 19, 1987
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Documentary
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