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Bombay Beach [DVD]

Alma Har'el (Director) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Directors: Alma Har'el
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Dogwoof
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Mar 2012
  • Run Time: 78 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0076KDP6I
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,684 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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The rusting relic of a failed 1950s development scheme, the Salton Sea is a barren California landscape often seen as a symbol of the failed American Dream. First-time director Alma Har'el visits this poetically fruitful terrain and finds there a motley cast, including a bipolar seven-year-old, a lovelorn high school football star, and an octogenarian poet-prophet. Together they make up a triptych of manhood in its decisive moments, populating the Salton Sea's land of thwarted opportunity.

True to her roots as a photographer, video artist, and music video director, Har'el crafts an adamantly atypical and artistically innovative film a dreamlike poem that sets the personal stories of these distinctive yet familiar characters to a stylized amalgam of observational documentary and choreographed dance, with music by Beirut and Bob Dylan, all cast against the atmospheric scenery of the titular ghost town. The result is a moving and extraordinary documentary experience an evocative, symbolic portrait of those who live in cultural obscurity.

Music by Bob Dylan and Beirut

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5.0 out of 5 stars Weird, poetic, wasted view of the American dream on the edge 27 Jan 2012
By Mick Gold
Format:DVD
Bombay Beach follows a group of likeable loners, misfits & dreamers. A hyperactive child, a black aspiring football star fleeing from gang violence in L.A., and Red, a good ole boy who used to work in the oilfields. The photography is poetic and arresting, the music is by Bob Dylan and Zach Condon of Beirut, and there are moments of startling, unexpected choreography. The result is a haunting & unusual portrait of a group of marginal people on the edge of an inland sea in southern California. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great observations of some crazy people 15 Feb 2013
By Snapeyboy
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Beautifully shot, throughly intriguing insight into the lives of people in one of the strangest communities you'll ever witness. Great music too and cool bonus feature on the dvd where you can see how the featured characters ended up.
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1.0 out of 5 stars overview 10 Jun 2012
By sandy
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I was disappointed in the DVD as it was too slow and not what i believed it to be about
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