The Threshold of Transience – aka The Dike of Transience

General Information

Original Title
A mulandóság gátja
Author/Creator
Nemes, Gyula, director.
Published
Hungary : Inforg Stúdió ; FAMU, 2004.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (13 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00002363

Contents/Summary

Summary
Captured over three years, this black-and-white pictorial study portrays life under the threat of demolition at the Kopaszi dam. The raw image of dug-out material comes alongside mini-portraits of the inhabitants of the settlement. The mood is influenced by the work of Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, whose poetics form a link to impressive insights into a slumbering corner of the countryside. The contribution of the sound track – a village brass band rehearsing Beethoven’s Egmont overture – permeates everything with a sorrowfully melancholy feeling of the transience of human destinies.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
The Threshold of Transience – aka The Dike of Transience
Note
Duration: 00:13:00

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0631Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0631
(HU_OSA_00002363.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format