Edition |
DVD special edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm) |
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optical rdarm |
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mono Dolby digital rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD region 1 |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
The Criterion collection 685 |
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Criterion collection ; 685.
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System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby monaural. |
Language |
Wolof dialogue with optionaltles. |
Note |
Title from screen credits. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1973. |
Cast |
Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Christoph Colomb, Moustapha Toure, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Georges Bracher ; editor, Siro Asteni ; decoration/costumes, Aziz Diop Mambety. |
Note |
Full screen (1.37:1). |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
"With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s. In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical. Alternately manic and meditative, Touki Bouki has an avant-garde sensibility characterized by vivid imagery, bleak humor, unconventional editing, and jagged soundscapes, and it demonstrates Mambéty's commitment to telling African stories in new ways"--Container. |
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Special features; introduction from 2013 by the Film Foundation's founder and chair, Martin Scorsese; interview from 2013 with filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako; interview program from 2012 featuring musician Wasis Diop and filmmaker Mati Diop, Mambéty's brother and niece, respectively; Contras' city, a 1968 short film by Mambéty; essay by film programmer and critic Ashley Clark. |
Subject |
Young adults -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Criminals -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Postcolonialism -- Africa -- Drama.
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Dakar (Senegal) -- Drama.
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Senegal -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Postcolonialism. (OCoLC)fst01073032
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Young adults. (OCoLC)fst01183198
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Senegal. (OCoLC)fst01204328
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Senegal -- Dakar.
(OCoLC)fst01206416
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Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Road films. (OCoLC)fst01710329
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Road films.
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Romance films.
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Added Author |
Diop Mambéty, Djibril, 1945-1998, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Niang, Magaye, actor.
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Niang, Mareme, actor.
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Fall, Aminata, 1942-2002, actor.
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Diop, Ousseynou, 1941-2011, actor.
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Bracher, Georges, director of photography.
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Asteni, Siro, editor of moving image work.
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Scorsese, Martin, on-screen participant.
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Sissako, Abderrahmane, on-screen participant.
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Clark, Ashley, essayist.
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Cinegrit (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Note |
Has been released with title: Journey of the hyena |
Standard No. |
715515256513 |
Music No. |
CC3230D Criterion |
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