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Pictures of the Old World

Obrazy starého sveta1972

Overview

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
July 10, 1972
Original language
Slovak
Spoken languages
Slovak
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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