Pompeii : sin city.
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FilmPublisher number: LFD0028 | MadmanDistributor: [Richmond, Victoria] : Distributed by Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 81 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscSubject(s): Volcanoes -- Italy | Volcanic eruptions -- Italy | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) | Pompeii (Extinct city) | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- History | Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Venice (Italy) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Documentary films. DDC classification: 937.7 Featuring Isabella Rossellini.Summary: This documentary explores Pompeii, that city cloaked in mystery which, over the course of history, has influenced culture and art, from Neoclassicism to Contemporary Art, through images and words by the great artists and writers who experienced, visited and imagined it: from Pliny the Younger to Picasso, from Emily Dickinson to Jean Cocteau. The film doesn't just deal with the volcano eruption, which has gone down in history, but with what the city of Pompeii itself was actually like: how its citizens lived their lives, spent their free time, experienced pleasure, passion, religion and their fate.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- audio | Northam | 937.7 POM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111083667509 |
Rated E: Exempt from classification.
DVD ; all regions ; NTSC ; anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1.
In Italian with English captions [CC].
This documentary explores Pompeii, that city cloaked in mystery which, over the course of history, has influenced culture and art, from Neoclassicism to Contemporary Art, through images and words by the great artists and writers who experienced, visited and imagined it: from Pliny the Younger to Picasso, from Emily Dickinson to Jean Cocteau. The film doesn't just deal with the volcano eruption, which has gone down in history, but with what the city of Pompeii itself was actually like: how its citizens lived their lives, spent their free time, experienced pleasure, passion, religion and their fate.
Featuring Isabella Rossellini.
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