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The village detective : a song cycle
Title
The village detective : a song cycle / a film by Bill Morrison.
Publication
[New York] : Kino Lorber, [2021]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a documentary film in 2021.
Wide screen.
Bonus features: three short films by Bill Morrison: Buried news (2021, 12 min.), Let me come in (2021, 11 min.) and Sunken Films (2020, 11 min.); trailer.
Director, Bill Morrison.
English or Russian dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary
During the summer of 2016, a fishing boat off the shores of Iceland made a most curious catch: four reels of 35mm film, seemingly of Soviet provenance. Unlike the film find explored in Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time, it turned out this discovery wasn't a lost work of major importance, but an incomplete print of a popular comedy starring beloved Russian actor Mihail Z̆arov. Does that mean it has no value? Morrison thought not. To him, the heavily water-damaged print, and the way it surfaced, could be seen as a fitting reflection on the life of Z̆arov, who loved this role so much that he even co-directed a sequel to it. In The Village Detective: a song cycle Morrison uses the story as a jumping off point for his latest meditation on cinema's past, offering a journey into Soviet history and film accompanied by a gorgeous score by Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer David Lang.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Russian
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2021
Credits
Director, Bill Morrison.
Cast
Mihail Zarov.
System details note
DVD, wide screen.
Videorecording number
K25675 Kino Lorber
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Historical films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Historical films.
Also listed under
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
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