The discovery of the dawson city find is legendary and this acclaimed documentary tells the story of a town through the footage that was discovered there. Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true history of a longlost collection of 533 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s. Frozen time takes a patient look at the past through longlost film footage that reveals much more than glimpses at life through the cameras lens. Frozen time is a terrific hd encoding of this fascinating show. Booklet essays by lawrence weschler and alberto zambenedetti interview with filmmaker bill morrison. This meditation on cinemas past from decasia director bill morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a longlost collection of 533.
The secrets of silentfilm footage found buried in the earth. Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in dawson city, located about 350 miles south of the arctic circle. Frozen time dennis bartok and jeff joseph, authors of a thousand cuts. Frozen time is a dazzling cinematic experience, a deep dive into the connections and contradictions of the 20th century archive. It was screened in the orizzonti competition section at the 73rd venice international film festival. Frozen time depicts the unique history of this canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile. Booklet essays by lawrence weschler and alberto zambenedetti interview with filmmaker bill morrison postscript trailer. Frozen time is a oneofakind curio of a movie that captures, through a collage of photographs, silent documentary footage, and pretalkie hollywood film, the story of a. The nowfamous dawson city collection was uncovered in 1978 when a. Frozen time is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Jun 15, 2017 the secrets of silentfilm footage found buried in the earth. Frozen time tells the story of one of the greatest film finds in history by. Frozen time, a treasure of decadesold silent films, buried in the frozen earth of the yukon for several decades, is uncovered and restored, telling the story not. Compelling documentary about dawson city and the unique relationship between this little canadian town with its cinema and the gold fever that briefly.
Propelled by alex somers transcendent score, dawson city. Frozen time, pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered. Frozen time depicts the unique history of this canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation. With the help of canadian film authorities and the museum of modern art, the newsreel and historical film helping to illustrate the show is encoded in excellent shape. Dawson city frozen time stock pictures, royaltyfree.
The history of dawson city, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978. It concerns the history of dawson city, canada, deep in the yukon, from its creation. Frozen time is on netflix, and get news and updates, on. For those who know the work of avantgarde documentary filmmaker bill morrison well, the first few minutes of his latest and, significantly, longest opus, dawson city. But so much was lost in dawson city, its natural resources stripped by mining, its native inhabitants forced elsewhere. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. This meditation on cinemas past from decasia director bill morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a. Frozen time begins with a brightly colored, completely intact clip from a television show about baseball in which mr.
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