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Field trips / films by Richard Kerr.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Feature films.
- Documentary films.
- Experimental films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 video files (131 minutes)) : sound, color, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Toronto, Ont.] : Black Zero, [1991]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- "The first of these films, The Last Days of Contrition (1988) peers at post-apocalyptic tableaux manifesting along the roadside, scenes from a decaying American dream in the waning days of the Cold War. Kerr followed this with Cruel Rhythm (1991), a compendium of southwest tourism bursting with combustible undercurrents. After two decades, Kerr returned to the theme of American desolation with Field Trip (2021). Made from crumpled photographs taken on earlier trips, Field Trip is an exercise where subject and form are joined in an embattled abstraction, flags and signs of restlessness bleeding through the arcs and ridges of Kerr's violent abstraction." - https://www.blackzero.ca/products/field-trips.
- Contents:
- The last days of contrition, 1988 (36 minutes ; black and white, sound)
- Cruel rhythm, 1991 (43 minutes; color and black and white, sound)
- Field trip, 2021 (50 minutes; color, sound).
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 2, 2024).
- Originally produced between 1988-2021.
- Special features: Newly restored 4K digital masters approved by filmmaker Richard Kerr. A bonus film: Le bombardement le port des perles (2004). Driving and Shooting in America, a new interview with Richard Kerr. Invitation to the Voyage: Richard Kerr's America, a video essay by Bart Testa and Stephen Broomer. Field Trip Scroll, a documentary portrait of Kerr in his home studio. Liner notes by film scholar Bart Testa.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
- Contains:
- Last days of contrition.
- Cruel rhythm.
- Field trip.
- OCLC:
- 1430799090
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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