His voice is so emotional that even simon started to cry. Offensive corporate propaganda aside, louisiana story won the venice film festivals international prize that year for its lyrical beauty. The story follows a young cajun boy boudreaux and his parents, who live in the. Nov 01, 2011 louisiana story robert flaherty, 1948 emiliano jelicie. Read the the louisiana story movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Louisiana story 1948 is a 78minute blackandwhite american film, directed by robert j. Louisiana story, as explained in flaherty and film, evoked some of the childhood memories of its director his father was a surveyor for a canadian mining company, and leacock describes how the edited footage follows the directors growth philosophy. Documentary film pioneer robert flahertys last feature is his most beautifully photographed work, but it also proved to be his most controversial as well. His last is a lyrical tale of a cajun boy and his family whose lives are transformed by the arrival of an oil derrick on their bayou home. Virgil thomson louisiana story suite from the film score.
Cypress logging in louisiana circa 1925 part 1 of 2 duration. Beautiful views of the state swamps as well as fascinating scenes of the oil rig that inhabits them dominates the film which depicts the adventures of a cajun boy on a boat fishing and hunting alligators with his pet raccoon. Ul lafayettes friends of the humanities and the college of liberal arts will offer a series of free films on campus. At the time, louisiana story was hailed as a masterpiece of film making. A young cajun boy named alexander napolean ulysses latour joseph boudreaux spends his time on a louisiana bayou. It was photographed on 35mm black and white film in 194748 with the support of the standard oil company. Among films essentially based in reality, however, it remains one of the most successful collaborations of all time, with an impressive amalgamation of talent in. Under the heading louisiana i checked this documentary called louisiana story by robert j. Although the events and characters depicted are fictional and the film was commissioned by the standard oil company to promote its drilling ventures in the louisiana bayous, it is often misidentified as a documentary film when in fact it is a docufiction. Virgil thomson gained a pulitzer prize for his score for robert flahertys film, louisiana story 1948, for which he wrote an hours music. Although the events and characters depicted are fictional, it is often misidentified as a documentary film, when in fact, it is a docufiction. The musicloving son of a louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college. Critical analysis of leadership theory in american sniper cogent oa. Louisiana story 1948 feature drama video dailymotion.
The 1952 sight and sound critics poll dubbed it one of the top ten films of all time, and in 1994 the library of congress dubbed louisiana story culturally significant and ranked it among the first. In 2006, a group of students at louisiana state university created short films revisiting the people and places of documentary maker robert flahertys louisiana story. Louisiana story 1948 approved 78 min drama 28 october 1948 france. In many ways, it was a fitting beginning for an inherently slippery form, one. Sep 18, 2012 louisiana story 1948 oil rig duration. In deep south when i was growing up looking back on sweetness looking back on the rough the sun goi. Flahertys louisiana story 1948, a portrayal of cajun life and the. Hello select your address best sellers prime video todays deals help new releases prime video todays deals help new releases. The music by virgil thompson plays a much more important role than either the sparse dialogue or commentary in setting the mood and tempo of the. The movie is not just a military memoir, but also a timeless piece of a man who dedicated his life to protecting the people he served with and the. Louisiana story 1948 changes the movie database tmdb.
Louisiana story suite from the film score play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Recently, i finally put louisiana story on my netflix queue and could hardly send it back for the photographymusic of the opening sequence. Louisiana story is a 78minute blackandwhite american film. Among films essentially based in reality, however, it remains one of the most successful collaborations of all time, with an impressive amalgamation of talent in direction, photography, editing, writing, and music. Flaherty who was responsible for other outstanding documentaries such as nanook of the north, moana, man of aran and of course elephant boy. Faca parte do filmow e avalie este filme voce tambem. When he extracted a suite and the arcadian songs and dances from the score, these two works became his most frequently performed compositions. A cajun boy joseph boudreaux and his parents live in the bayou with alligators and oil drillers. The films will be shown once a month on sunday afternoons at 3 p. Jc joseph boudreaux was chosen as a young by to appear in robert flahertys film louisiana story, louisiana story 1948 is a 78minute blackandwhite american film. Louisiana story was made in 1948 by that great documentary maker robert j. Flaherty out of curiosity from my local east baton rouge parish library.
As such, the film conveys an idyllic tone, peaceful, serene, with only the hint of the technological nightmare yet to appear. Prica o louisiani je americki crnobijeli igrani film cesto pogresno navoden kao dokumentarni snimljen 1948. Although the events and characters depicted are fictional and. Through short film and essay, revisiting flahertys louisiana story examines both the legacy of flahertys 1948 film and the experience of these. The louisiana story is a lyrical evocation of the bayou country seen through the eyes of a boy. Helios cdh55169 country great britain format cd release date 2004 upn 034571151694. Louisiana story, his final film and a personal favorite of another key figure in the series, robert bresson, a kind of bucolic idyll set to a buoyant virgil thomson score, follows a young cajun boy and his pet raccoon as they float along the bayou, threatened by the creeping menace of alligators that glide silently across the waters. The cd recording isnt quite the same, but its only off by a little and has the advantage of not being interrupted by the films narrative, but then, this is a suite, and not a soundtrack. Bresson greatly admired the unadorned, naturalistic films of pioneering quasidocumentarian robert flaherty. Clifton chenier cajun zydeco and swamp pop music download.
Movie louisiana story university of louisiana at lafayette. Louisiana story remains an enduring work of art for its sheer visual beauty, though some have argued its qualifications as a documentary, due to the manipulation of events depicted. In this project, the current narratives are juxtaposed with robert flahertys 1948 louisiana story. Louisiana story is a look back in time to an era when people were part of their environment, not separate from it. Revisiting flahertys louisiana story southern spaces.