Louisiana Story
Languid, raw, and majestic, Robert J. Flaherty's final documentary is something to behold. Shot in Cajun country in 1948, Louisiana Story is a tale of modernity intruding on an isolated river habitat for crocodiles, catfish, raccoons, and trappers. Within the setting's primitive and dangerous beauty we meet a shy young hero (played by a non-professional actor; a local river rat named Joseph Boudreaux), who spends lonely days steering his raft and padding along banks with feline authority. Into this rustic paradise comes a noisy oil derrick, pounding pipe through the riverbed toward subterranean pools of black goo. Funded by Standard Oil, Flaherty was accused of selling out and fabricating a pro-development "true story" about the boy's friendship with wildcat oilmen. But such complaints overshoot the poetic luster of Flaherty's nature visions: the mysterious interplay of moonlight, reflective waters, black currents, and swaying reeds. Superficially fact or fiction, this film is its own gorgeous truth. --Tom Keogh Binding DVD. Publisher(s): Homevision. Label: Homevision. AudienceRating: NR (Not Rated). Format: Black & White. AspectRatio: 1.33:1.
| Manufacturer: | Homevision |
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| Lowest Price (CAD): | $102.04 |
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| Brand : | Homevision |
| Director : | Robert Flaherty |
| Starring : | Lionel Le Blanc |
| Title : | Title J-M |
