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From the Pole to the Equator (1987)
Directed by Angela Ricci Lucchi, Yervant Gianikian
Documentary · 1h 36m
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
- Director
- Angela Ricci Lucchi, Yervant Gianikian
- Director of Photography
- Luca Comerio
- Original Music Composer
- Keith Ullrich, Charles Anderson
- Editor
- D. A. Pennebaker, Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
- Producer
- Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Details
- Original title
- Dal Polo all'Equatore
- Release date
- 1987-09-19
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Germany, Italy
- Production
- Gianikian-Ricci Lucchi, ZDF