Historical drownings in the Seine are catalogued, dissected and elaborated, with multilayered visuals and 'documentary' asides.
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Title: Death in the Seine (TV Movie 1989)
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Alan Franco | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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Jean-Michel Dagory | ... | Bouille |
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Jim van der Woude | ... | Daude |
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Hans Verbrugge | ... | Jacques Chevreuil |
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Denis Verkroese | ... | André Ribrot |
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Roos Peters | ... | Jeanne Geneviève Valiton |
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Arie Van Vliet | ... | Pierre François Denis |
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Michelle Guerts | ... | Louise Emilie Charlotte Harmand |
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Jan Remkes | ... | Pierre Jean Le Roy |
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Micke Mink | ... | Marie Topinard |
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Gerard van Lavieren | ... | Nicolas Julien Doguet |
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Lars Crama | ... | Guillaume Rene Guerin |
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Leonie Beverloo | ... | Monique Constance Manin |
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Winsred Zotsch | ... | Jean Pierre Pascal Dauzet |
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Adrian van der Elzen | ... | Jean Baptiste Langlasse |
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Historical drownings in the Seine are catalogued, dissected and elaborated, with multilayered visuals and 'documentary' asides.
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Director Peter Greenaway has stated that although he didn't set out to have the actors playing the corpses move about, he didn't mind when they did, because on one level the film is about people only pretending to be dead, and that the movements just helped reinforce that. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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7 April 1991 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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how sad that this little masterwork appears to have not even gained distribution. Because of this, I unfortunately had to seek it out online as it seemed quite interesting... I've not seen a short project so worthy of easier availability.
What incredible layering of imagery! ... visuals blending and merging into and out of one another totally seamlessly. I will not even attempt to surmise the amount of time that must've been put into this editing. A comment should be made toward the lighting as well. Very nicely done.
one minor criticism might be that while I do acknowledge Greenaway's explanation for the body's explicit movements I still think it would've been better for them to have convincingly emulated dead bodies.
10/10 nonetheless