| Edition |
Widescreen version (1.66:1). |
| Description |
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical |
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laser optical |
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video file DVD video |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Contents |
Black and white in color: Opening credits -- German army depends on us -- Just another day in the colony -- Simple geographer -- Matter of taste -- Vive le France! -- Conscripts -- Strategy -- Crossing the Rhine -- Patriotic spectacle -- Machine gun? -- Rising to the occasion -- Community support -- Terribly refined -- Decision #21 -- Christian conscience -- Name is Bartheleme -- Staging the troops -- Peace & security -- Trench warfare -- Decent army of French savages -- I used to be a socialist -- End credits. |
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The sky above, the mud below: Opening credits -- Excursion -- Island of the wicked -- We were off -- First encounter -- News of our arrival -- Mock birth -- Adoption -- Ghost tree cutting -- Back to the sea -- Must be realistic -- Progress delayed -- From another world -- Bridge -- Going on -- Off at dawn -- Last edge -- Which river? -- At last. |
| Cast |
Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser, Dora Doll. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, mono. |
| Summary |
Black and white in color: A French colony in Africa's Ivory Coast discovers months after the fact that World War I has begun. Spurred on by a capricious patriotism, they figure they'll do their part by attacking the German colony up the river. After all, they have six rifles, and one of them is an automatic. So off to war they march -- or rather, their servants do, carrying the white folk on palanquins. They soon stop for a lovely picnic. When machine gun fire is heard in the distance, they run back to the safety of the colony. All goes well until a young geographer becomes the key strategist for the French, working with the local tribal chief and turning the old colonial social hierarchy on its head. |
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The sky above, the mud below: Long before PBS, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel made documentaries ubiquitous, films like this seminal if straightforward work were only available via local art house theaters. One of the earliest looks into native life on Papua New Guinea, this documentary follows a group of Europeans on a seven-month trek to bisect the island. During the perilous expedition (450 miles, as a crow flies) through jungle and across high altitudes, the group encounters tribes of headhunters and cannibals, observing and filming their rituals and ceremonies. |
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An irrepressible and timely satire on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during the First World War, a group of French colonials learn that their country is at war with Germany. Spurred on by a capricious moment of patriotism, the Frenchmen decide to attack their German neighbors who reside in a colony up the river. |
| Note |
Title from disc. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. |
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Special features: bonus feature "The sky above, the mud below" (88 min.), 1961 Academy Award winning documentary produced by Arthur Cohn in a new transfer; interview with director Jean-Jacques Annaud and producer Arthur Cohn on the making of "Black and white in color"; producer's perspective, a conversation with producer Arthur Cohn; filmographies; essay by film historian Ronald Falzone. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Claude Agostini ; editors, Françoise Bonnot, Michele Böehm ; original music, Pierre Bachelet. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, best foreign language film, 1976. |
| Language |
French, German and English dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Racism -- Drama.
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Racism. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Papua.
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Ethnology. |
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Indonesia -- Papua. |
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Natural history -- Indonesia -- Papua.
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Natural history. |
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Headhunters -- Indonesia -- Papua.
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Headhunters. |
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Cannibalism -- Indonesia -- Papua.
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Cannibalism. |
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Feature films.
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Feature films. |
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Comedy films.
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Comedy films. |
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Motion pictures, French.
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Motion pictures, French. |
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France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama.
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France. |
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Colonies. |
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Africa. |
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Côte d'Ivoire -- Drama.
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Côte d'Ivoire. |
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French colonies. |
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Comedy films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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War films.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Cohn, Arthur, producer.
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Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022, producer.
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Silagni, Giorgio, producer.
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Conchon, Georges, 1925-1990, screenwriter.
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Annaud, Jean-Jacques, screenwriter, director.
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Carmet, Jean, actor.
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Dufilho, Jean, actor.
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Rouvel, Catherine, 1939- actor.
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Spiesser, Jacques, 1947- actor.
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Doll, Dora, 1922-2015, actor.
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Agostini, Claude, photographer.
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Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018, editor.
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Böehm, Michele, editor.
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Bachelet, Pierre, composer.
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Added Title |
Noirs et blancs en couleur |
| ISBN |
9780780026483 |
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0780026489 |
| Standard No. |
037429176221 |
| Music No. |
BLA080 Home Vision Entertainment |
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