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Kino Lorber |
Release Date:
September 22, 2021
Summary:
During the summer of 2016, a fishing boat off the shores of Iceland made a most curious catch: four reels of 35mm film, seemingly of Soviet provenance. Unlike the film find explored in Bill Morrison’s Dawson City: Frozen Time, it turned out this discovery wasn’t a lost work of major importance, but an incomplete print of a popular comedy starring beloved Russian actor Mihail Žarov. Does that mean it has no value? Morrison thought not. To him, the heavily water-damaged print, and the way it surfaced, could be seen as a fitting reflection on the life of Žarov, who loved this role so much that he even co-directed a sequel to it. Morrison uses the story as a jumping off point for his latest meditation on cinema’s past, offering a journey into Soviet history and film accompanied by a gorgeous score by Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer David Lang. [Kino Lorber]
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Details
| Runtime: | 81 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.kinolorber.com/film/the-village-detective |
| Production: | Hypnotic Pictures |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Country: | US |
| Languages: | English, Russian, Icelandic |
| Director | Credit |
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| Bill Morrison | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Bill Morrison | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Mikhail Zharov | Principal Cast |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Bill Morrison | Lead Producer |
| Madeleine Molyneaux | Producer |
| Maria Vinogradova | Producer |
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