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The Gold diggers
- Title
- The Gold diggers [motion picture] / British Film Institute.
- Publication
- New York : Women Make Movies, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3936 G | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3936 G | Offsite |
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- Description
- 2 film reels (90 min.) : sd., b&w.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Celeste, a French black woman, works as a computer typist for a bank and becomes curious about the reality behind the figures. Ruby is a beauty who is passed from one man to another as the quintessential belle of the ball. The two women go in search of gold and the concept of the heroine. Director Sally Potter considers the film "a musical describing a female quest." The work raises questions concerning "the connections between gold , money and women; about the illusion of female powerlessness; about imagery in the unconscious and its relationship to the power of the cinema." Made by an all-woman crew, the film combines "epic adventure, cinematic puns, and avant garde musical comedy, with the striking images of a changing Icelandic landscape." (Circulates)
- Subjects
- Credits (note)
- Director, Sally Potter; cinematographer, Babette Mangolte.
- Performer (note)
- Julie Christie, Colette Laffont.
- Title
- The Gold diggers [motion picture] / British Film Institute.
- Imprint
- New York : Women Make Movies, 1983.
- Credits
- Director, Sally Potter; cinematographer, Babette Mangolte.
- Cast
- Julie Christie, Colette Laffont.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Potter, Sally, 1949-Mangolte, Babette.British Film Institute.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 3936 G