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  • Directors: Marc Isaacs
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Second Run
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Jun 2009
  • Run Time: 134 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0029MN28E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,290 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Having worked as an assistant to acclaimed filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, Isaacs' reveals a great capacity to establish privileged relationships with the protagonists in his documentary films, creating a succession of deeply moving and uniquely original views of modern Britain. His camera's presence fades and is forgotten...

We present three of Marc Isaacs most remarkable films: Lift; Travellers and Calais: The Last Border.

Special Features
  • New filmed interview with director Marc Isaacs
  • Booklet essays
  • All new director-approved digital transfers from original materials with restored picture and sound


Synopsis

A collection of shorts by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Marc Isaacs. LIFT is a quietly fascinating meditation on the mundanities of London life. Installing himself inside the lift of a high-rise block of council flats, Isaacs and his camera patiently observe the residents as they go about their daily business. As each of his subjects enters the lift, it's interesting to note their reactions to him being there; some are suspicious, others curious, and then there are those who seem more comfortable in his presence. Also included are the films TRAVELLERS and CALAIS - THE LAST BORDER, each revealing a poignant and truly original perspective on modern British life.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars REAL life NOT reality tv., 20 Aug 2009
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Three poignant documentary films:


LIFTS was my favourite - the director interviews residents in a tower block lift, over a period of about two weeks.
The film has an astonishing ability to capture the personality of each resident, through a careful study of where they are going out to and coming back from.
Brilliantly edited, the most humourous of the three films.


TRAVELLERS is a very emotional look at the loneliness and heartache often conjured whilst travelling by train.
A powerful and stunning piece with a focus on love lost, love found and regret.


CALAIS is a stark portrait of a town in decline. Brilliant juxstaposition between the scoff faced English day trippers searching for cheap booze, and the cold, snivelling asylum seekers existing on the streets.
Thrown into the mix are two English ex pats, trying to make money against the odds.


Why waste hours watching reality tv shows that have little to do with people of merit, when there are stunning emotive documentaries such as these available?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable documentaries!, 8 Jul 2009
I had seen the short film LIFT at a festival some years back and was blown away. I was struck by what a brilliant, yet brilliantly simple, idea it was - man stands with camera in high-rise lift and lets the lives of the residents pass by in front of his lens. Some talk with him, some ignore him. The result is an unbelievably warm, touching and often hilarious piece of documentary. I could have watched hours of it!
Great to see it again available now on DVD - along with two more of Marc Isaacs films, TRAVELLERS which follows several people that Isaacs meets at railway stations and on trains, and CALAIS which visits the French border town and meets residents, refugees and day-trippers.
Both films are again wonderfully, instantly compulsive. CALAIS in particular is a brilliant portrait of lives in flux - and is often unbearably moving and near heart-breaking.
It's great that documentary films like these are available for all to see and treasure.
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