The Idea of North

The Idea of North 1995 Released

Directed by Rebecca Baron

· 14 min

 

The Idea of North 1995 Released

Directed by Rebecca Baron

· 14 min

 

In the guise of chronicling the final moments of three polar explorers marooned on an ice floe a century ago, Baron's film investigates the limitations of images and other forms of record as a means of knowing the past and the paradoxical interplay of film time, historical time, real time and the fixed moment of the photograph. Marrying matter-of-fact voiceover and allusive sound fragments, evidence and illustration, in Baron’s words,... see more

In the guise of chronicling the final moments of three polar explorers marooned on an ice floe a century ago, Baron's film investigates the limitations of images and other forms of record as a means of knowing the past and the paradoxical interplay of film time, historical time, real time and the fixed moment of the photograph. Marrying matter-of-fact voiceover and allusive sound fragments, evidence and illustration, in Baron’s words,... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1995
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
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