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The joy of life, Frameline ; Stone Soup Productions presents ; writer/director Jenni Olson ; co-producers, Julie Dorf, Scott Noble

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The joy of life, Frameline ; Stone Soup Productions presents ; writer/director Jenni Olson ; co-producers, Julie Dorf, Scott Noble
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The joy of life
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
123117554
Responsibility statement
Frameline ; Stone Soup Productions presents ; writer/director Jenni Olson ; co-producers, Julie Dorf, Scott Noble
Runtime
65
Summary
Quiet as a reflecting pool in a meditation garden, this experimental feature is brilliantly executed and practically impossible to classify. The spare, lovely landscape shots of a San Francisco hauntingly vacant are paired with noir-style voice-overs that combine romantic poetry, cinema-studies esoterica (Meet John Doe and Vertigo), and the contested politics of the Golden Gate Bridge, with its open invitation to suicides. This gently hypnotic film is personal confessional, poetry reading, essay film, and social-advocacy documentary, suffused with the filmmakers love of San Francisco and its residents
Table Of Contents
Snapshot history -- How do I say this? -- This big butch stud -- Ferlinghetti -- Meet John Doe -- Suicide landmark -- Barrier chronology -- End of land sadness
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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