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A man whose life was full of woe has been surprised by joy / a film by R. Bruce Elder.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Elder, Bruce (R. Bruce), filmmaker.
Black Zero, film distributor.
Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
Language:
English
Genre:
Feature films.
Experimental films.
Physical Description:
1 Blu-ray disc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages).
Place of Publication:
Toronto, Ont. : Black Zero, 2023.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
Blu-ray; Region A, B, C; stereo; apsect ratio 1.37:1.
video file region 1
DVD video
region A
region B
region C
Summary:
"A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe Has Been Surprised By Joy is about transformations--about transformations of imagery through collage and montage, about history as transformation, about eros as a transformative power, and, most of all, about the transformations of the self. It rejects modernity's inhumane technological order and seeks to reconnect the body and the self." - https://www.blackzero.ca/products/surprised-by-joy.
Notes:
Originally produced in 1997.
Blu-ray first pressing, limited edition of 1000.
Special features: Newly restored digital master from the film's elements, approved by director R. Bruce Elder. Commentary by R. Bruce Elder and film historian Stephen Broomer. Whence Comes a Vision, a new interview with R. Bruce Elder. From Glass into Flesh, a new video essay by Broomer. Liner notes by intellectual historian Christian Roy.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Smidt Family Modern and Contemporary Art Collection Fund.
OCLC:
1429104507
Publisher Number:
004 Black Zero

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