The Idea of North
1995, English. Directed by Rebecca Baron.
In the guise of chronicling the final moments of three polar explorers marooned on an ice floe a century ago, Baron's film investigates the limitations of images and other forms of record as a means of knowing the past and the paradoxical interplay of film time, historical time, real time and the fixed moment of the photograph. Marrying matter-of-fact voiceover and allusive sound fragments, evidence and illustration, in Baron’s words, "meaning is set adrift".
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- 0h 14m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 1 January 1995
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The Idea of North isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1995. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Idea of North?
The Idea of North (1995) was directed by Rebecca Baron.