A country auction Can I get a quarter ? : a Country Auction Study Film ; Reflexive Musings
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Aibel Robert Steven ; Musello Chris ; Ruby Jay ; Levin Ben ; Machuaca Multon ;
- Editeurs : Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources [distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2012
- Sujets : Vente aux enchères -- DVD -- États-Unis -- Pennsylvanie (États-Unis), Pennsylvanie (États-Unis) -- Moeurs et coutumes -- DVD, Films ethnographiques DVD États-Unis, Leitzel, Paul
- Comprend : A Country Auction: The Paul V. Leitzel Estate Sale (58 min, 1983), Can I get a quarter? (6 min, 1983), Reflexive musings (47 min, 2012)
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD (1 h 51 min), : Coul., son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version en anglais
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : A Country Auction Film Project, based on the ethnographic research of Robert Aibel, Chris Musello and Jay Ruby, consists of a trio of films covering a period of almost 30 years. In 1983 three ethnographers and a documentary filmmaker collaboratively produced two films — A Country Auction and Can I Get A Quarter? — that documented ethnographic research conducted on estate sales held in a rural Central Pennsylvania community. Over the next 25 years, these films were screened in numerous film festivals, broadcast on public television, and reviewed in academic journals. The consensus among the filmmakers was that few people appeared to comprehend their intentions in producing the films. In 2008 they decided to return to the community where A Country Auction was filmed and hold an anniversary screening. In addition, the four filmmakers came together for a critical discussion about the successes and failures of the original Auction film. This discussion became the basis of a third film, Reflexive Musings : a Country Auction Study Film. ; Indiqué sur la jaquette : a Country Auction : The Paul V. Leitzel Estate Sale : An ethnographic film about an estate auction in a rural community in Pennsylvania. It examines the personal, social and economic processes involved when a family dissolves their homestead. The film portrays the auction process as integral to the social life of the community and as a method for a family and community to deal with the death of one of their members. ; Indiqué sur la jaquette : Can I Get a Quarter ? : A short observation of the auction of objects that remained unsold after the all day sale of the real estate and possessions of Paul Leitzel as shown in the film, A Country Auction. ; Indiqué sur la jaquette : Reflexive Musings : A Country Auction Study Film : A uniquely reflexive examination of the successes and failures of A Country Auction as an anthropological film. The four producers take part in a prolonged critical discussion of the original film.