From the Pole to the Equator
1987, Italian. Directed by Angela Ricci Lucchi & Yervant Gianikian.
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.
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- 1h 36m
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- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 19 September 1987
- Original title
- Dal Polo all'Equatore
- Country
- Germany, Italy
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Who directed From the Pole to the Equator?
From the Pole to the Equator (1987) was directed by Angela Ricci Lucchi and Yervant Gianikian and stars Raimondo Franchetti.