Lyrical Nitrate

Lyrical Nitrate

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 20, 1991

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

Lyrisch nitraat

Production Companies

Yuca Film

Director

Peter Delpeut

Description

Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.