Eclipse Series 31: Three Popular Films By Jean-Pierre Gorin (Criterion Collection) On DVD

Actor:       N/A
Director:   Jean-Pierre Gorin
Genre:      Documentary
Year:         N/A
Studio:     Criterion Collection
Length:    250
Released: January 17, 2012
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         Color
Language:English
Subtitles  :English

DESCRIPTION:

Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin, widely known for his early-seventies collaborations (including Tout va bien) with Jean-Luc Godard in the Dziga Vertov Group, established his singular voice with this trio of accomplished, fascinating, and nontraditional documentaries, made in Southern California after his relocation there. Poto and Cabengo (1978) is a compelling visit with two young San Diego twins who have invented their own language. In Routine Pleasures (1986), Gorin conjoins the story of a group of model train enthusiasts in Del Mar with a meditation on the work of critic and painter Manny Farber. And My Crasy Life (1992) is an expectation-shredding exploration of a Samoan gang in Long Beach. With these three films, Gorin excavates hidden communities that are a part of everyday American life, and shows himself to be a major chronicler of what is eccentric and beautiful in our common culture.