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Arcadia

Arcadia

2017
Documentary
1h 18m
Scouring 100 years of archive footage, BAFTA-winner Paul Wright constructs an exhilarating study of the British people’s shifting?-?and contradictory?-?relationship to the land. Set to a grand, expressive new score from Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) alongside folk music from the likes of Anne Briggs, Wright’s captivating film essay captures the beauty and brutality, and the magic and madness of rural Britain. (BFI.org.uk)
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Arcadia

2017
Documentary
1h 18m
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Rated 03 Jul 2020
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Semi-experimental collage of archive footage showing British rural life in the 20th century. Overall effect is like life in Britain itself: familiar, sometimes boring, occasionally disturbing. Tends towards cliche sometimes - all weird folk and ersatz paganism - but rescued by its soundtrack. Evades nostalgia by showing the countryside as a place of struggle, confrontation, and class warfare. Reminiscent of 'Requiem for a Village', footage of which features towards the end.

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