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Entries Tagged as 'Documentary'

The Czech Dream, The hoax superstore of the Czech Republic

September 9th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

In the late ’80s, Czechoslovakia became a democratic state, and in 1993 peacefully separated into two countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With democracy came capitalism and advertising, and with capitalism and advertising came The Hypermarket. Hypermarkets are the world’s superstores, selling shoes and spinach, pipe wrenches and pumpkins, all you would […]

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Tags: Big Business · Cinema · Czech Republic · Documentary · Installation Art · Marketing · Performance Art

I want to be Richard DeDomenici.

August 28th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Richard DeDomenici is an artist, seems to have a lot of fun traveling and making shows for BBC. I’m jealous!
Richard DeMomenici’s Power of Art (a BBC promotion supporting Simon Schama’s show).

Visit his sites:
Richard DeDomenici’s Art site and
Non-art site

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Tags: Documentary · Television

Iraq in Fragments

August 27th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments

Each scene rolls on quietly with poetic light and ambient sounds, with the few words spoken coming from the Iraqi people themselves. Each of the three parts of the film focus on one person, and simply shows what they see and hear, as their voices sparsely speak about their lives. The first person […]

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Tags: Cinema · Documentary · Iraq