THE IDEA OF NORTH

by Rebecca BARON
1995 / 16mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 14' 25

"In the guise of chronicling the final moments of three polar explorers marooned on an ice floe a century ago, Baron's film investigates the limitations of images and other forms of record as a means of knowing the past and the paradoxical interplay of film time, historical time, real time and the fixed moment of the photograph. Marrying matter-of-fact voiceover and allusive sound fragments, evidence and illustration, in Baron’s words, 'meaning is set adrift.'"
– New York Film Festival, 1997, Views from the Avant-Garde program notes

2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format Digital file on server (FHD)
screen 1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound sound
original language English
rental fee 62,00 €

distribution format DCP on server (INTEROP 2K)
screen 1,85 - Panoramic (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound sound
original language English
translation French (Embedded subtitles)
rental fee 62,00 €