Pictures of the Old World (1972)

July 10, 1972 (XC) • Documentary • 64m

Overview

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

Director

Dušan Hanák

Writer

Dušan Hanák

Top Billed

Ladislav Chudík

Keywords

way of life sense of life old man social documentary meaning of life human interest the meaning of life social & cultural documentary slovakia end of life source of life human condition labor documentary slovakian families