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Down there / AMIP, Paradise Films, Chemah I.S., Le Fresnoy present ; a film by Chantal Akerman ; directed by Chantal Akerman.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Akerman, Chantal--Homes and haunts--Israel--Tel Aviv.
- Akerman, Chantal.
- Tel Aviv (Israel)--Social life and customs.
- Tel Aviv (Israel).
- Israel.
- Israel--Tel Aviv.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (79 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- French title: Là-bas
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- According to director Chantal Akerman, she never planned to make a film in Israel. She was convinced that neutrality does not exist and that her subjectivity would get in her way. She was sure she would only be able to reflect on 'the Israel question' while she was outside the country. It was only when she taught at the University of Tel Aviv, picked up a camera and "found" suitable images that she decided to make a film. Akerman spends a brief period on her own in an apartment by the sea in Tel Aviv. She takes the chamber play to its ultimate form: it is almost entirely chamber. She films from the apartment and in her narration she talks about her family, her Jewish identity and her childhood. She wonders whether normal everyday life is possible in this place and whether filming is a realistic option. Akerman does not film here with any intentions defined in advance. She wants to be as open and blank as possible to ensure that things take their own course.
- Participant:
- Chantal Akerman (herself).
- Credits:
- Edited by Claire Atherton ; Photography and sound, Chantal Akerman and Robert Fenz.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: AMIP/Paradise Films/Chemah I.S./Le Fresnoy, ©2006.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 21, 2019).
- Originally produced in 2006.
- Publisher Number:
- if-down Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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