Frozen time could have benefited from judicious trimming of its twohour running time, and there are times when its wandering focus proves irritating. Kathy jonesgates, michael gates, sam kula, bill morrison. A more evocatively poetic title, say gold and silver, might suggest the extraordinary double helix of north american history and movie lore that bill morrisons foundfootage documentary contains. How bill morrison makes magic with found footage the chicagoborn filmmakers astonishing documentary dawson city. The discovery, and remarkable recovery, of the king tuts tomb of silentera cinema. Frozen time begins with a brightly colored, completely intact clip from a television show about baseball in which mr. Staring chris mad dog russo, bill ofarrell, sam kula and michael gates. The film is transfixing, an utterly singular compound of the bizarre, the richly informative, the thrilling, the horrifying, the goofy, the tragic, and the flatout gorgeous. It is a documentary about time, about history, about film and art, but it is also a beautiful experience. Frozen time depicts the unique history of this canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile. Frozen time depicts the unique history of this canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation. In 1978, bulldozers accidentally unearthed hundreds of longlost silent films that had been buried in the frozen ground of dawson city, yukon. A lot of future moguls got their start in one remote yukon town. Jul 21, 2017 culture centuryold film treasure unearthed in dawson city.
Frozen time is a dazzling cinematic experience, a deep dive into the connections and contradictions of the 20th century archive. The first has to do with the accidental discovery of 35mm film reels buried in the yukon over one hundred years ago and miraculously preserved by the permafrost. Frozen time proves to me that images and music can lift each other up to a higher dimension, to something that transcends natural boundaries. Frozen time bill morrisons new work strings together incredible footage, long buried under an old yukon ice rink. Dawson city is a haunting experience that takes place in suspended, nonlinear time. Frozen time, a treasure of decadesold silent films, buried in the frozen earth of the yukon for several decades, is uncovered and restored, telling the story not. Frozen time may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing. Jun 15, 2017 bill morrisons twohour documentary recollects the unburying of a collection of nitrate film stocks from the early 1900s. Frozen time is a 2016 american documentary film written, edited and directed by bill morrison and produced by morrison and madeleine. It was screened in the orizzonti competition section at the 73rd venice international film festival. Frozen time, pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in dawson city, located about 350. Frozen time 2017 kinoxto kbs downloaden dawson city. The nowfamous dawson city collection was uncovered in 1978 when a bulldozer working its way through a parking lot dug up a horde of film cans.
This bizarre and fascinating film essay chronicles how hundreds of silent films from the early 1900s were discovered frozen and buried in dawson city, yukon, dug up by a bulldozer in 1978. Frozen time is more than a story of the discovery of 500,000 feet of film buried and forgotten in a town on the yukon river of canada. Dating from the 1910s and 20s, they were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory in 1978. Dawson city was the centre of the klondike gold rush. Frozen time is a oneofakind curio of a movie that captures, through a collage of photographs, silent documentary footage, and pretalkie hollywood film, the story of a.
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the 1920s, its the last outpost of yankee civilization in the grip of gold fever. Frozen time is a 2016 american documentary film written, edited and directed by bill morrison and produced by morrison and madeleine molyneaux. Booklet essays by lawrence weschler and alberto zambenedetti interview with filmmaker bill morrison. Frozen time is a documentary looking at this archeological discovery, but it is also so much more. Frozen time bill morrison is a passionate archivist and a gifted collage artist, and sometimes at his best he is able to be both at once, using one area of expertise to. Propelled by alex somers transcendent score, dawson city. Frozen time is a triumphant work of art that chronicles the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation, discovering another world in the process. Frozen time, pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in dawson city, located about 350 miles south of the arctic circle. Frozen time is a rather clunky and uninspiring title for a film thats both revelatory and deeply fascinating. Using footage taken from the recovered films, and from other contemporaneous materials, morrison takes the audience on a trip through the cultural history of the eponymous settlement, from its origins at the end of. Frozen time which has its north american premiere at the new york film festival today, includes excerpts from these found films.
Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Frozen time, a documentary which is rich with knowledge but never didactic. Frozen time monday, april 16, 2018 bill morrison decasia, the great flood pieces together the bizarre history of a collection of 500 films from the 1910s and 20s, lost until they were unearthed from a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory in 1978. Hypnotic pictures and picture palace pictures present. A thrilling adventure through american history, dawson city. Frozen time takes a moody, ambient approach, as cool and mysterious as the gold rush images that fill the documentary. Bill morrisons documentary is ostensibly about the. It began in 1896 and changed the first nations camp into a thriving city of 40,000 by 1898. Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in dawson city, located about 350 miles south of the arctic circle. It concerns the history of dawson city, canada, deep in the yukon, from its creation during the klondike gold rush and culminating in the. Jun 08, 2017 so its a bit of a shock that dawson city. After the gold rush by deborah eisenberg the new york. Frozen time, pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in. Frozen time depicts the unique history of this canadian gold rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and.
Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true story of a collection of some 500 silent films. Jun 09, 2017 in 1978, a longburied stash of hundreds of silent movies and newsreels was discovered in dawson city, canada, deep in the yukon territory. This meditation on cinemas past from decasia director bill morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a. Alex somers mines musical gold for documentary dawson. The second is the incredible boomandbustandboomandbust saga of dawson city itself, where the movies were discovered. Bill morrisons documentary is ostensibly about the discovery of some longlost silent films. This approach is sometimes a little too remote but is generally effective. Dec 20, 2017 how bill morrison makes magic with found footage the chicagoborn filmmakers astonishing documentary dawson city. So much more than just a lesson in dawson citys own history, and extending further still than. Frozen time is nominally a documentaryit is a documentarybut describing it as a documentary is something like describing ulysses as a travel guide to dublin. Its been called the king tuts tomb of silentera cinema. Frozen time makes a gargantuan effort to reinvigorate that memory, giving us a vivid account of the klondike gold rush of 1897 and. Frozen time, lawrence weschler dives into how and why the dawson city.
The discovery, and remarkable recovery, of the king tuts. Alex somers mines musical gold for documentary dawson city. Culture centuryold film treasure unearthed in dawson city. Using footage taken from the recovered films, and from other contemporaneous materials, morrison takes the audience on a trip through the. Frozen times most intense quality is its richness, both visually and historically. Dawson went from a rowdy mining town with brothels and gambling houses to a midcentury rural hamlet with a fateful thirst for hockey. Event in toronto, on, canada by hot docs ted rogers cinema and kino lorber on friday, july 21 2017 with 179 people interested and 64 people going. Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a subarctic swimming pool deep in the yukon territory, in dawson city.
There are a thousand and one facts to be learned in dawson city. Frozen time isnt just about film history, but also about the history of this particular townespecially its struggles to stay afloat after the gold rush endedand. Bill morrisons wondrous, almost indescribable documentary dawson city. Frozen time is a complete astonishment from beginning to end. From this mass of footage, much of it damaged and all of. Klik voor uitgebreide informatie over draaitijden, trailers, achtergrond en online tickets. Frozen time pieces together the bizarre true history of a longlost collection of 533 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s. Booklet essays by lawrence weschler and alberto zambenedetti interview with filmmaker bill morrison postscript trailer. Frozen time tells the story of one of the greatest film finds in history by. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie.
By 1899, the gold rush had ended and the towns population plummeted as all but 8,000 people left. Frozen time, a treasure of decadesold silent films, buried in the frozen earth of the yukon for several decades, is. Dawson city, canada, was een tijdlang een goudkoortsstadje te midden van het eeuwige ijs. Frozen time may be one of the more remarkable and transfixing films ive seen in a while. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime.
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