Loin du Vietnam = Far from Vietnam /
"Initiated and edited by Chris Marker, Far from Vietnam is an epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam--made, per Marker's narration, 'to affirm, b...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
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Brooklyn, New York :
Icarus Films,
[2013]
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| Summary: | "Initiated and edited by Chris Marker, Far from Vietnam is an epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam--made, per Marker's narration, 'to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression.' A truly collaborative effort, the film brings together an array of stylistically disparate contributions, none individually credited, under a unified editorial vision. The elements span documentary footage shot in North and South Vietnam and at anti-war demonstrations in the United States; a fictional vignette and a monologue that dramatize the self-interrogation of European intellectuals; interviews with Fidel Castro and Anne Morrison, widow of Norman Morrison, the Quaker pacifist who burned himself alive on the steps of the White House in 1965; an historical overview of the conflict; reflections from French journalist Michèle Ray; and a range of repurposed media material."--www.icarusfilms.com |
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| Item Description: | Title from container and IMDb. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Bonus features: bonus film: The sixth side of the Pentagon (La sixième face du pentagone) / by Chris Marker & François Reichenbach (1967, 26 min.); original theatrical trailer. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (116 min.) : DVD video, sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC, all regions; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Jean Boffety [and others]. |