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Looking for Langston - Isaac Julien (DVD, 1989) Region 2
Looking for Langston - Isaac Julien (DVD, 1989) Region 2
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Award-winning British filmmaker Isaac Julien's film is both
critically acclaimed, and controversial. A lyrical and poetic
consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet
Langston Hughes, Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay
cultural icon, against an impressionistic, atmospheric setting
that parallels a Harlem speakeasy of the 1920s with a
1980s London underground nightclub.
Extracts from Hughes' poetry are interwoven with the work of
cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including Essex
Hemphill, Bruce Nugent and Robert Mapplethorpe,
constructing a lyrical and multilayered narrative. Julien
explores the ambiguous sexual subtexts of a period of rich
artistic expression, and the enduring cultural significance
of these pioneers' work.
Shot in sumptuous monochrome by cinematographer Nina
Kellgren, the film combines archival footage with newly
staged set pieces, fantasy sequences, and an imagined love
story. The result is a beautiful and ultimately celebratory piece
about artistic expression and the nature of black gay desire.
Extras
Extras
• Full
commentary with Isaac
Julien
and
Nina
Kellgren
(the film's Director of Photography)
• Short film Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill (Isaac Julien, 2005)
• 'First and Last Words: Essex Hemphill and Larry Duckette in
Conversation'
audio recording of a 1990 radio programme
• Photo gallery
• 48-page fully illustrated booklet with essays by bell hooks, Henry
Louis Gates, Jr, Armond White and others; interview with director;
reviews; biographies of key Harlem Renaissance figures; and more
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