Archive of films Trip Through Misty Meadows / Kelionė ūkų lankomis
Lithuania
1973, 11 min
Section:
Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary
Year: 2018
Henrikas Šablevičius made this film as a farewell to the siaurukas, a slow, narrow-gauge train recalling the idyllic times of independent Lithuania. A Trip Through Misty Meadows remains a shining example of the Lithuanian poetic documentary thanks to its unique cinematic language and visual allegories conveying a deep connection to the past, something that architects of the “new life” struggled to erase.
Synopsis
Henrikas Šablevičius made this film as a farewell to the siaurukas, a slow, narrow-gauge train recalling the idyllic times of independent Lithuania. The story was originally to be told with silent images only, but following preview screenings the filmmaker was instructed to add a voiceover. The criticism that “the film’s central hero cannot be a railway” led to the addition of a “human character” – the train’s overseer Povilas. Despite all this, A Trip Through Misty Meadows remains a shining example of the Lithuanian poetic documentary thanks to its unique cinematic language and visual allegories conveying a deep connection to the past, something that architects of the “new life” struggled to erase.
Elena Jasiūnaitė
About the director
Henrikas Šablevičius (1930–2004). Selected filmography: The Montage of the Altai (Altajaus montažas, 1969), Apolinaras (1973), A Trip Through Misty Meadows (Kelionė ūkų lankomis, 1973), A Sage (Žiniuonė, 1975), Little Sins (Mažos mūsų nuodėmės, 1979), Singers (Dainoriai, 1985), We Were at Our Own Field (Pabuvam savam lauki, 1988), Stagnant Years of Endurance (Sustingęs tvermės metas, 1990), A Homestead in Dzūkija (Dzūkų kiemas, 1997), Didn‘t Come (Neatėjo, 1999)
Contacts
Lithuanian Film Centre
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Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 213 0547
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lkc.lt
About the film
Black & white, DCP
Section: | Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary |
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Director: | Henrikas Šablevičius |
Screenplay: | Vidmantas Puplauskis, Henrikas Šablevičius |
Dir. of Photography: | Kornelijus Matuzevičius |
Music: | Romualdas Fedaravičius |
Editor: | Regina Lazdauskienė |
Production: | Lithuanian Film Studio |
Sales: | Lithuanian Film Centre |
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