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Lisandro Alonso is one of cinema's most acclaimed new generation of filmmakers. Liverpool follows an enigmatically homesick shipworker, taking leave of his ship in a wintry Tierra del Fuego, compelled to visit the family he hasn't seen in years. When he finally arrives, he discovers that he's been forgotten by his ailing mother and is a complete stranger to his daughter, Analia. Liverpool was heralded at both Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals in 2008, proclaimed one of the best undistributed films by both INDIEWire and Film Comment, and 'Best Film of 2008' by CinemaScope.
'Untitled (Letter for Serra) (2011) - a brand new short film by Lisandro Alonso
Available for the first time anywhere on DVD
'Alonso on Camera' newly filmed by the director exclusively for this release
Booklet with new essays
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very special film, but one that is so hard to describe in words. The plot - as it is - concerns the melancholy journey of a merchant seaman returning home to his village in the isolated and snowy interior of Tierra del Fuego. Somehow, this quiet, almost wordless film really gets under you skin and pulls you in. Stark and beautiful, Liverpool is a film to experience - and one tha twill stay with you long after viewing.
Saw this a two or three years ago at the London Film Festival and loved it. So glad it has finally been released - and in a great looking edition with some nice extras (a new short film by the director, and an interesting - but brief - piece to camera by the director).
Saw this a two or three years ago at the London Film Festival and loved it. So glad it has finally been released - and in a great looking edition with some nice extras (a new short film by the director, and an interesting - but brief - piece to camera by the director).
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this film but I'm not sure why. Put simply Alonso's movie is about a merchant seaman who takes shore leave to visit relatives in desolate and wintry Tierra del Fuego. There is very little dialogue and the viewer (me at least) is left guessing as to whether or not Farrel (excellent minimalist performance from Juan Fernandez) has, for instance, a personality. In the absence of dramatic devices, Alonso substitutes something ethereal, of this world, but locked up in the mind of an enigmatic character. The sequence of events (there is no plot) is conveyed through moments of intimate close up and introspection or the use of long real time takes. Most of the time Farrel is seen to want to be on his own. You'd think a bit of leave would be most welcome and you have a bit of dosh, but Farrel spends his free time drinking cheap liquor, hitchhiking and sleeping rough, as he makes his way to his hometown. Like in Akerman's "Jeanne Dielman", Alonso films everyday activities with a stylistic formality that makes the most mundane activities interesting to watch. Technically the film is beautifully photographed and the use of natural lighting adds to the stark realism of what unfolds before the viewer. This is visceral cinema, like the principle character, his hometown seems soulless, steeped in poverty and populated by people who do not want to know him. Except a girl who experiences the only moment of tenderness in the movie. Alonso has been described as a New Realist or a New Depressive in festival circles. Whatever label this film has it certainly is not a film to ignore for the poetic treatment of practically non-characters like Farrel adds something very different to the history of cinema.
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