by Askarian, Don; Margaryan, Artak; Don Film; Askarian Film
VHS / 2000

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TitleThe musicians
Item typeVHS
Author(s)
  • Askarian, Don
  • Margaryan, Artak
Imprint[s.l. s.n.], 2000
LanguageArmenian
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Copyright notice: c2000 Don Film.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.
  • Camera, Artak Margaryan ; art direction and editing, Don Askaryan.
Physical description1 videocassette of 1 (76 min.) (VHS NTSC) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in.

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Date text: 
2000
Author: 
Askarian, DonMargaryan, Artak
Publisher: 
s.n.]
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Millenium MARC Record: 
LEADER 00000ngma 2200457Ka 4500 001 166291210 005 20070824 TAPE OCLC0824: 0056 007 vf mbahou 008 070827s2000 ai 076 vlarm 009 Reclvl: f Addate: 070827 Addid: OCL Moddate: 080606 Modid: XRF 035 (PFA-FILM)15023 035 GLADN17592902 040 CUY|beng|cCUY 041 1 arm|beng 090 |b0500-01-11444 130 0 Musicians (Motion picture : 2000) 245 14 The musicians|h[videorecording] /|cDon Film ; in co- production with Askarian Film, Germany ; film by Don Askaryan ; direction and script by Don Askaryan. 257 Armenia ; Germany. 260 [s.l. :|bs.n.],|c2000. 300 1 videocassette of 1 (76 min.) (VHS NTSC) :|bsd., b&w and col. ;|c1/2 in. 500 Copyright notice: c2000 Don Film. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.|5CUY. 508 Camera, Artak Margaryan ; art direction and editing, Don Askaryan. 520 "Musicians is a nearly wordless look at the diverse strands of music found on the streets and in the clubs of Armenia today, and at the musicians who create it out of chaos. Percussionists perched in bombed-out buildings, accordionists in subway stops, brass bands roaming ancient streets, even ravers and DJs in strob-lit dance clubs: the film captures the full range of the sound--and the sight-- of its nation's musical expression. For the director, an Armenian dissident jailed in 1975 and exiled in 1978, Musicians reveals not just the songs, but the hope within them. Askarian said, 'Despite the destruction, the disintegration, the humiliation, the social catastrophe of the war....despite the poverty, the betrayal....despite the annihilation of all the bases of lif--the music sounds, and how it sounds! Higher and higher, over the sorrow and the pain! It...awakens a hope in the abandoned-written by Jason Sanders, Pacific Film Archive program note. 538 VHS NTSC. 546 In Armenian with English subtitles. 590 PFA 0500-01-11444. |aCONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/08 /22 Excellent condition. 650 0 Music|zArmenia. 655 7 Features.|2mim 655 7 Music.|2mim 655 7 Documentaries and factual works|2mim 690 0 Armenian films. 690 0 German films. 700 1 Askarian, Don. 700 1 Margaryan, Artak. 710 2 Don Film. 710 2 Askarian Film. 935 GLADN17592902 941 0 PFA 0500-01-11444. PFA collection acquisition preview tape 2002/12/20 946 PFA 0500-01-11444. Second on videocassette with : On the old Roman road -- Paradjanov. 956 20140224|bPFA migration/merge load 957 OCLC xref loaded 20140309 994 02|bCUY