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Ganja & Hess

Title
Ganja & Hess [videorecording] / Kino Classics ; the restoration was performed by the Museum of Modern Art with support from the Film Foundation ; a film by Bill Gunn ; a Kelly-Jordan Enterprises, Inc. production ; producer, Chiz Schultz ; directed and written by Bill Gunn.
Publication
New York : Kino Classics : Kino Lorber, c2012.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Waymon, Sam.
  • Hinton, James E., 1936-2006.
  • Kanefsky, Victor.
  • Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989.
  • Schultz, Chiz.
  • Jones, Duane.
  • Clark, Marlene.
  • Kelly-Jordan Enterprises, Inc.
  • Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • Film Foundation.
  • Kino Classics (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
An archaeologist is stabbed with an ancient dagger that gives him immortality and an insatiable thirst for blood, which he then shares with his assistant's wife, and the two of them form a troubled partnership.
Alternative Title
Ganja and Hess
Subject
  • Vampires > Drama
  • Christianity > Drama
  • Romance fiction > Drama
  • Anthropologists > Drama
  • Spiritual warfare > Drama
  • Man-woman relationships > Drama
  • Anthropologists
  • Christianity
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Spiritual warfare
  • Vampires
Genre/Form
  • Romance fiction.
  • Horror films.
  • Vampire films.
  • Feature films.
  • Fiction films.
  • Experimental films.
  • Drama.
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973.
  • Special features include: "The blood of the thing" : an interview-based documentary ; audio commentary by Chiz Schultz, Marlene Clark, James Hinton, Sam Waymon ; original screenplay by Bill Gunn ; essay on the making by David Walker and Tim Lucas ; photo gallery.
Credits (note)
  • Music, Sam Waymon ; director of photography, James E. Hinton ; film editor, Victor Kanefsky.
Performer (note)
  • Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon.
Audience (note)
  • MPAA rating: rated R.
System Details (note)
  • DVD format ; NTSC ; anamorphic,1.66:1 ; 2.0 mono.
LCCN
738329084929
OCLC
793656240
Title
Ganja & Hess [videorecording] / Kino Classics ; the restoration was performed by the Museum of Modern Art with support from the Film Foundation ; a film by Bill Gunn ; a Kelly-Jordan Enterprises, Inc. production ; producer, Chiz Schultz ; directed and written by Bill Gunn.
Imprint
New York : Kino Classics : Kino Lorber, c2012.
Cast
Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon.
Credits
Music, Sam Waymon ; director of photography, James E. Hinton ; film editor, Victor Kanefsky.
System Details
DVD format ; NTSC ; anamorphic,1.66:1 ; 2.0 mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: rated R.
Added Author
Waymon, Sam.
Hinton, James E., 1936-2006.
Kanefsky, Victor.
Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989.
Schultz, Chiz.
Jones, Duane.
Clark, Marlene.
Kelly-Jordan Enterprises, Inc.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Film Foundation.
Kino Classics (Firm)
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