Bibliograph

The village detective., a song cycle, a film by Bill Morrison, DVD/Widescreen

Type

Label

The village detective., a song cycle, a film by Bill Morrison, DVD/Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The village detective.

Oclc number

1269445007

Responsibility statement

a film by Bill Morrison

Runtime

Sub title

a song cycle

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

Technique

live action

resource.version

DVD/Widescreen

Classification