Cannibal tours / O'Rourke and Associates Filmmakers ; Direct Cinema Limited; producer, director Dennis O'Rourke ; produced in association with The Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies ... [and] Channel 4.
This film depicts two journeys. The first is that of a group of wealthy bourgeois German, Italian and American tourists on a luxury cruise up the mysterious Sepik River, in the jungles of Papua New Guinea -- the packaged version of a "heart of darkness." The second journey (the real text o...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Direct Cinema, Ltd. [distributor],
[2000?].
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| Summary: | This film depicts two journeys. The first is that of a group of wealthy bourgeois German, Italian and American tourists on a luxury cruise up the mysterious Sepik River, in the jungles of Papua New Guinea -- the packaged version of a "heart of darkness." The second journey (the real text of the film) is a metaphysical one. It is an attempt to discover the place of "the Other" in the popular imagination. It affords a glimpse at the real (mostly unconsidered or misunderstood) reasons why "civilized" people wish to encounter the "primitive." |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. A foreign film (Australia). |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, colour with black & white sequences ; 12 cm |
| Format: | DVD ; colour recording system: PAL ; region free. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Dennis O'Rourke ; editor, Tim Litchfield ; music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. |