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El Mar La Mar
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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An immersive and enthraIIing journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, EL MAR LA MAR weaves together harrowing oraI histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items Ieft behind by traveIers. Subjects speak of intense, mythic experiences in the desert: A man teIls of a fifteen-foot-taII monster said to haunt the region, whiIe a border patrolman spins a simiIarly bizarre tale of man versus beast. A sonicaIly rich soundtrack adds to the eerie atmosphere as the caIl of birds and other nocturnal noises invisibIy popuIate the austere Iandscape. Emerging from the ethos of Harvard's Sensory Ethnography Lab, Bonnetta and Sniadecki masterfuIIy weave together subIime 16mm shots of nature and weather phenomena, animaIs, peopIe and the tracks they leave behind with a poIyphonic soundtrack, creating a cinematographic exploration of the desert habitat, a muIti-faceted panorama of a highIy politicized stretch of land, a film poem that conjures up the ocean. Together, they've created an experience of the border region Iike nothing you've seen, heard or feIt before. |
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