5 DVDs issued in two slipcases. Special features: Commentaries; alternate music tracks; re-released footage; Cinemafia / directed by Jean Rouch (1980, 33'); Témoins: Joris Ivens / interview with Joris Ivens by Robert Destanque (1983, 60'); Joris Ivens digital - the restauration of the films for digital release / Rens Van Meegen (20')
Contents:
DVD 1: 1912-1933: La flèche ardente (1912, 11') ; Etudes des mouvements de Paris (1927, 4') ; Le pont (1928, 14') ; La pluie (1929, 15') ; Symphonie industrielle (1931, 36') ; Komsomol: le chant des héros (1933, 50') ; Nouvelle terre (1933, 29') DVD 2: 1934-1940: Borinage (1934, 34') ; Terre d'Espagne (1937, 51') ; Les 400 millions (1939, 54') ; L'électrification et la terre (1940, 37') DVD 3: 1946-1966: L'Indonésie appelle (1946, 22') ; La Seine a rencontré Paris (1957, 35') ; ... À Valparaiso (1963, 26') ; Rotterdam-Europort (1966, 20') ; Pour le mistral (1966, 30') DVD 4: 1968-1976: Le 17ème parallèle (1968, 113') ; Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes: une histoire de ballon, Lycée No 31 Pékin (1976, 19') ; Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes: la pharmacie No 3: Shangai (1976, 79') DVD 5: 1980-1988: Une histoire de vent (1988, 77').
Summary:
Considered one of the greatest documentary filmmakers, this collection showcases Joris Ivens work from Spain to China, from Chile to the USSR, from Vietnam to the USA. For more than sixty years he dedicated himself to filming the struggles of humanity, militarism and revolutions, with both poetry and realism.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)859675241
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.