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From the Pole to the Equator (1987)
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.
Genres:
Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.woman-director,
mdblist.one-actor,
imdb.actual-animal-killed,
imdb.safari,
imdb.persia,
imdb.snow,
imdb.shot-to-death + 6 more,
imdb.imperialism,
imdb.colonialism,
imdb.india,
imdb.africa,
imdb.north-pole,
imdb.archive-footage
Production Companies: Gianikian-Ricci Lucchi,
ZDF
Country: Germany
Languages:
No Language,
Italian
Runtime: 96 min.
Released: Sept. 19, 1987
Status: Released
Certification: NR
