The Missing Picture will be released in August 2014 on Contact Film.
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
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DUTCH VERSION
The Missing Picture verschijnt in augustus 2014 op dvd op Contact Film.
Zelfgemaakte klei-figuurtjes van beeldhouwer Sarith Mang, diorama's en found footage- archiefbeelden zijn de 'missing pictures' waarmee Panh verslag doet van zijn jeugd en de ervaringen van zijn familie die werd omgebracht. Hij moet de beelden wel zelf creëren, want behalve de propaganda van de Khmer, zoals georkestreerde documentaires en slecht geacteerde actiescènes die ze gebruikten om hun overwinningen aan het volk te laten zien, is er geen gefilmd materiaal uit die tijd. De Franse voice-over is gebaseerd op teksten uit Panhs boek The Elimination.
Een enkele foto-uitsnede van broers en zussen komt langs, uit een vrolijke tijd voor Pol Pots troepen de hoofdstad binnenvielen met hun pure revolutie. Het begint met puurheid en het eindigt met haat, zegt de stem. Honderden kleifiguurtjes staan bevroren in landschappen waar de camera overheen dwaalt, stille getuigen bij gebrek aan sprekende.
Awards
Prix Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2013
In Spirit for Freedom Award voor Beste Documentaire - Jerusalem Film festival 2013
Speciale Vermelding Jury - International Film Festival Gent 2013
Nominatie - Academy Awards (Oscars, Cambodjaanse inzending) 2014
Pers
"Als je maar één film kunt zien dit jaar, dan moet dit hem zijn. - Het resultaat is verbijsterend en magisch. Een meesterwerk." - Parool
"Whatever one takes away from “The Missing Picture,” there can be no doubt that its very
existence — rising from the ashes of a system designed to obliterate, among other things,
intellectual and artistic achievement — is itself a powerful form of resistance." - Variety
"The result is a gripping, fascinating and visually arresting memoir well deserving of its Un
Certain Regard prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival." - Film.com
"The Missing Picture is een picture die je niet mag missen." - naardecinema.com
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A FREE bonus 18-track CD label compilation is included in the box: Sounds From The Matrix 015 featuring previously unreleased songs from most recent & forthcoming releases on the Alfa Matrix label!
Think Modern English, think early Clan Of Xymox, think The Exploding Boy....or click and think for yourself! They're superb, that's all we know!
