RAGTAG is a chronological timeline collage based on a wide corpus of footage taken from the so-called classic era of American cinema which 1950s French critics labeled as "film noir", après la lettre. The decoupage-based work covers roughly twenty years, or 310 noir films, spanning from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. It also includes some foreign-made film noirs.
As an extensive historical portrait of the human psyche of the twentieth century and its dark pre and post-war landscape, the film lets the past be inscribed in a present gesture, as its own “operative field”. As an act of perpetual destruction and creation, a sort of ouroboros, a tail-devourer that roams on the threshold between history and desire, visible and invisible, light and shadow.
post production:
ATELIER 105
3 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION
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distribution format |
DCP on USB stick (SMPTE 2K) |
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version
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original version |
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screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
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speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
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original language |
English & Italian & Spanish |
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rental fee |
262,00 € |
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distribution format |
DCP on USB stick (SMPTE 2K) |
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version
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English version |
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screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
|
speed |
25 fps |
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sound |
sound |
|
original language |
English & Italian & Spanish |
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translation |
English (Embedded subtitles) |
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rental fee |
262,00 € |
|
distribution format |
DCP on USB stick (SMPTE 2K) |
|
screen |
16/9 (single screen) |
|
speed |
25 fps |
|
sound |
sound |
|
original language |
English & Italian & Spanish |
|
translation |
Italian (Embedded subtitles) |
|
rental fee |
262,00 € |
