Gunda
Hailstone Films (2020)
Documentary
In Collection
#2450
10*
Seen ItYes
(5/24/2021 Home Virtual Plaza)
IMDB   7.4
93 mins USA / None
Files    US - G
Gunda Self
Director/Choreographer
Viktor Kossakovsky
Producer Joslyn Barnes
Tone Grøttjord
Writer/Composer Viktor Kossakovsky
Ainara Vera
Cinematography Egil Håskjold Larsen
Viktor Kossakovsky


It is a film about pigs, cows and chicken. Black and white. Without words. Without music. Victor Kossakovsky is offering not just a mesmerizing poetic work of art but also a wonderful life experience. We get to know Gunda the sow, her family and neighbors, and it gives us the reason to think about the secret of consciousness and the value of life of those with whom we share this planet.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 5/24/2021
Location Personal Library - Personal Digital Archive
Store Plaza Virtual Theater
Purchase Price $12.00
Tags Animals
Links Vimeo: Gunda (PDA, private, requires password)
+4/4 Review: Roger Ebert [Carlos Aguilar April 15, 2021]
+3/5 Review: The Guardian [Luke Buckmaster 18 Apr 2021]
IMDB
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trailer

Features
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Notes
Extraordinary. Absolutely amazing cinematography.
+4/4 Review: Roger Ebert [Carlos Aguilar April 15, 2021]
+3/5 Review: The Guardian [Luke Buckmaster 18 Apr 2021]
"... bare in its aesthetic dogma-there’s no music, no title cards, and no people in sight-and flawless with its observational truth. 'Gunda' dispenses with all explanations and emotional scheming tactics for a thoroughly pictorial experience. This non-fiction rarity's only soundtrack features an ambience choir of birds chirping and bugs buzzing." [Roger Ebert]
"... a wordless 90-minute animal movie of mind-blowing ordinariness – and a work of genius" [The Guardian]