It's the Earth Not the Moon

Name: It's the Earth Not the Moon
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: July 13, 2012
Duration: 180 min

2012

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Gonçalo Tocha | Release Date: July 13, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: A cameraman and a sound man arrive in Corvo in 2007, the smallest island in the archipelago of the Azore. Right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Corvo is a large rock, 6km high and 4km long, with the crater of a volcano and a single tiny village of 440 people. Gradually, this small filming crew is accepted by the island's populationA cameraman and a sound man arrive in Corvo in 2007, the smallest island in the archipelago of the Azore. Right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Corvo is a large rock, 6km high and 4km long, with the crater of a volcano and a single tiny village of 440 people. Gradually, this small filming crew is accepted by the island's population as its new inhabitants, two people to add to a civilization almost 500 years old, whose history is hardly discernible because of the lack of records and written memories. Shot at a vertiginous pace throughout a few years, It's the Earth Not the Moon develops as the logbook of a ship and turns into as a patchwork of discoveries and experiences, which follow the contemporary life of a civilization isolated is the middle of the sea. A long Atlantic film-odyssey, divided in 14 chapters, that combines anthropological records, literature, lost archives, mythological and autobiographical stories. (Goncalo Tocha Films)… Expand

Director: Gonçalo Tocha

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 180 min

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Joseph Jon Lanthier

Jul 10, 2012

After 30 minutes or so, Gonçalo Tocha's anthropological proposition slides into dubiousness. Read full review

David Fear

Jul 10, 2012

As a tone poem, Tocha's documentary can be mesmerizing. As a memento mori, It's the Earth feels a little lost in space. Read full review

Daniel M. Gold

Jul 12, 2012

The film's leisurely pace seems to capture the rhythms of island life. Though often random in its organization - Mr. Tocha slides from contemplative seascapes and misty meadows to a slaughterhouse and the Corvo landfill - this portrait is still much more than a snapshot. Read full review

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