Arcadia

Name: Arcadia
Released: 2017
Rating: 63.54
Cast: Laura Rennie, Ian Sexon

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)

Arcadia

2017

Documentary

1h 18m

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Cercle_Rouge

Rated 03 Jul 2020

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.

Rated 03 Jul 2020

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