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Title
Museum hours / Little Magnet Films, Gravity Hill, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production present ; a film by Jem Cohen ; written and directed by Jem Cohen ; produced by Paolo Calamita, Jem Cohen, Gabriele Kranzelbinder ; executive producers, Guy Picciotto, Patti Smith.
ISBN
0781514541
9780781514545
Publication
New York, NY : The Cinema Guild, [2013]
Copyright Notice Date
© 2013
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages : color illuatrations ; 19 cm)
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012.
Extras: Rare short films by Jem Cohen: Amber City (48 min., 1999, 16 mm film) ; Anne Truitt, Working (13 min, 2009, 16mm film) ; Museum (Visiting the Unknown Man) (8 min., 1997, Super 8 film) ; alternate all English language version voice-over track (without subtitles) ; theatrical trailer ; festival trailer ; booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante ("Museum hours") and Jem Cohen ("Making the film; Notes, DVD extras, and tips of the hat").
Accompanying booklet laid in container: contains essays, DVD extras and program note.
Cinematography, Jem Cohen, Peter Roehsler ; editing, Jem Cohen, Marc Vives ; sound, Bruno Pisek ; production manager, Paolo Calamita ; additional dialogue, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer ; translations, Paolo Calamita, Stefan Flach ; music: "Never, no" & "Dark, dear heart"), written and performed by Mary Margaret O'Hara; "Stop the projector" (instrumental version) written and performed by Liz Durrett.
In German and some English or voice-over in English, with optional subtitles in English.
Summary
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways artworks reflect and shape the world.
Variant and related titles
Amber City.
Anne Truitt, working.
Museum (Visiting the unknown man).
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; German
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2017
Credits
Cinematography, Jem Cohen, Peter Roehsler ; editing, Jem Cohen, Marc Vives ; sound, Bruno Pisek ; production manager, Paolo Calamita ; additional dialogue, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer ; translations, Paolo Calamita, Stefan Flach ; music: "Never, no" & "Dark, dear heart"), written and performed by Mary Margaret O'Hara; "Stop the projector" (instrumental version) written and performed by Liz Durrett.
Cast
Mary Margaret O'Hara (Anne), Bobby Sommer (Johann), Ela Piplits (Gerda, visiting lecturer).
System details note
DVD; NTSC, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
2454 Cinema Guild
CG 000141 Cinema Guild
Subjects
Genre/Form
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films - Austria.
Feature films - United States.
Motion pictures, German.
Foreign films - Austria.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Feature films - Austria.
Feature films - United States.
Motion pictures, German.
Foreign films - Austria.
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