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Terre sans pain = Land without bread / Pierre Braunberger présente ; documentaire de Luis Buñuel.

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LIBRA DVD DP302.H85 T5313 1996
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Buñuel, Luis, 1900-1983, film director, screenwriter.
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990, film producer.
Unik, Pierre, 1909-1945, screenwriter.
Sánchez Ventura, Rafael, 1897-1980, screenwriter.
Stempel, Tom, 1941- associated name.
Transflux Films, publisher.
Standardized Title:
Tierra sin pan (Motion picture)
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Legendre, Maurice--Film adaptations.
Legendre, Maurice.
Poor--Spain--Hurdes Region--20th century--Personal narratives.
Poor.
Poverty--Spain--Hurdes Region--20th century.
Poverty.
Hurdes Region (Spain)--Social conditions--20th century.
Hurdes Region (Spain).
Social conditions.
Spain--Hurdes Region.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Personal narratives.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Short films.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Menu title: Hurdes, land without bread
Disc label title: Land without bread
Place of Publication:
[Los Angeles] : TransFluxFilms, [1996]
Language Note:
French dialogue; subtitles in English.
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
digital
optical
NTSC $2 rdabs
DVD video
Summary:
"Luis Buñuel's only documentary, Land without bread (Las Hurdes) is a subversive exploration of an isolated region of Spain too barren to sustain life and the backward struggle of its inhabitants to survive. Shot as a travelogue, what surfaces is an unflinching attack on any establishment that would turn a blind eye to such a pocket of misery. Mixing cold scientific examination with absurdity and tragedy, Land without bread answers the mystifying question of whether one can make a Surrealist documentary, and with Buñuel the answer is yes"--Container.
"Land Without Bread," also entitled "The unpromised Land," documents the poverty and primitive lifestyle of the Aurdanos, who live in the rocky, barren mountains of Spain. "Housing Problems", an early sound documentory classic. It explores the horrors and evils of British urban housing in the 1930's through unrehearsed interviews with slum dwellers who discuss their housing conditions.
Contents:
The journey of a surrealist (44 min.)
Revisiting Las Hurdes (17 min.)
Drums of Calanda / audio commentary by Luis Buñuel (20 min.)
Land without bread / audio commentary by Tom Stempel (28 min.).
Participant:
Commentary by Luis Buñuel, Pierre Unik and Rafael Sánchez Ventura.
Credits:
Photography, Eli Lotar.
Notes:
Based on the book "Land without bread" by Maurice Legendre.
Originally released in 1933 as a motion picture.
"Aspect ratio: 1.33:1"--Container
Recorded in Dolby Digital.
Narration written by by Luis Buñuel, Pierre Unik and Rafael Sánchez Ventura.
Special features: Audio commentary by Tom Stempel ; The journey of a surrealist (47 min.) ; Drums of Calanda (20 min.) [with audio commentary by Luis Buñuel] ; Revisiting Las Hurdes (17 min.) ; Movie trailer (03 min.) ; Gallery (diaporama 03 min.)
Contains:
The journey of a surrealist
Drums of Calanda
Revisiting Las Hurdes
OCLC:
956784775
Publisher Number:
714833803126

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