Lyrical nitrate & the forbidden quest the found-footage films of Peter Delpeut

Delpeut, Peter. (Added Author). Voorst, Sandra van, 1966- (Added Author). Dikker, Loek. (Added Author). Boerema, Menno. (Added Author). Tijdink, Stef. (Added Author). O'Connor, Joseph, 1948- (Added Author). Ward, Roy. (Added Author). Yuca Film. (Added Author). Ariel Film. (Added Author). Zeitgeist Films. (Added Author). 2nd work: Joseph O'Connor, Roy Ward. (Cast).

Summary: Two films originally distributed by Jean Desmet or exhibited in his own cinema, Lyrical nitrate is a selection of silent film fragments, constructed from old black & white and color tinted and toned nitrate films. Soundtrack is present on some of the clips and is from old recordings, ranging from Caruso to the sounds of a glass harmonica. The second film is a mockumentary that tells the fictional story of the ship Hollandia sailing near South Pole in 1905-1906 as told by ship's carpenter J.C. Sullivan. Uses the documentary style filming intermixed with archival footage actually shot during the period of real expeditions to document this fictional story of a tunnel connecting the two

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)]
videodisc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Zeitgeist Video, 2004, c1990, c1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Lyrical nitrate originally produced in Dutch by Yuca Film in 1990; subtitled version produced in 1991 by Zeitgeist Films. Forbidden quest originally produced by Ariel Film in 1993.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lyrical nitrate / produced in Dutch by Yuca Film (1990, 50 min.) -- Forbidden quest / produced by Ariel Film Productions (1993, 71 min.)
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director and writer, Peter Delpeut ; producer, Suzanne van Voorst ; editor, Menno Boerema ; music for Forbidden quest, Loek Dikker ; photography for Forbidden quest, Stef Tijdink.
Participant or Performer Note:	2nd work: Joseph O'Connor, Roy Ward.
Language Note:	1st work: Silent, with Dutch titles and English subtitles ; 2nd work: In English.