Touki Bouki; Redes
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [2013]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Description: 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Touki Bouki:Two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical. Redes: A vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. One worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers.
Series: Criterion collection (Blu-ray videodiscs) ; 685, 686.
Other Authors:
Diop Mambéty, Djibril, 1945-1998, film producer, screenwriter, film director.
Chávez, Agustín Velásquez, screenwriter.
Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997, film director.
Gómez Muriel, Emilio, film director.
Niang, Magaye, actor.
Niang, Mareme, actor.
Fall, Aminata, 1942-2002, actor.
Del Valle, Silvio Hernández, actor.
Lara, Antonio, actor.
Figueroa, Miguel, actor.
Contains (work): Redes.
World Cinema Project, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Diop Mambéty, Djibril, 1945-1998, film producer, screenwriter, film director.
Chávez, Agustín Velásquez, screenwriter.
Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997, film director.
Gómez Muriel, Emilio, film director.
Niang, Magaye, actor.
Niang, Mareme, actor.
Fall, Aminata, 1942-2002, actor.
Del Valle, Silvio Hernández, actor.
Lara, Antonio, actor.
Figueroa, Miguel, actor.
Contains (work): Redes.
World Cinema Project, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Contents:
Touki bouki (1973 : 89 min.) -- Redes (1936 : 59 min.).
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships -- Senegal -- Dakar -- Drama.
Fishers -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Senegal -- Dakar -- Drama.
Fishers -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Drama.
UPC: 715515112314
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD FOREIGN Touki | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | In |
Title from container.
Special features: New digital restorations of both films; new introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese; new interview with filmmaker Abederrahmane Sissako about Touki bouki; new visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and writer Kent Jones.
Blu-ray disc.
Blu-ray; region A, full screen (1.37:1 or 1.33:1) presentations; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Wolof or Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.
Special features: New digital restorations of both films; new introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese; new interview with filmmaker Abederrahmane Sissako about Touki bouki; new visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and writer Kent Jones.
Blu-ray disc.
Blu-ray; region A, full screen (1.37:1 or 1.33:1) presentations; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Wolof or Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.