Pictures of the Old World (1972)

07/10/1972 (XC) • 1h 4m

Documentary

Overview

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Slovak

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

way of life

sense of life

old man

social documentary

meaning of life

human interest

the meaning of life

social & cultural documentary

slovakia

end of life

source of life

human condition

labor documentary

slovakian families

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