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Quixote

1965 · 44 min Drama
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Co-founder of Canyon Cinema and the San Francisco Cinematheque and one of the godparents of experimental film, Bruce Baillie (1931-2020) has forged a singular path in his visionary explorations of the world, his exquisite treatment of light and fragmented storytelling influencing successive generations of like-minded filmmakers. Shot on a cross-country journey during 1964 and 1965, is the Baillie film most in need of rediscovery. Joining the ranks of Bob Dylan, Robert Frank and Jack Kerouac in chronicling a tumultuous period in American history from the road, Baillie sets out "to show how in the conquest of our environment in the New World, Americans have isolated themselves from nature and from one another."

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Year 1965
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Bruce Baillie
Runtime 44 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (11 votes)

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Baillie constructs the film as a visual stream of consciousness, relying on associative editing and lyrical observation. It explores not external events, but the inner landscape of an era, using the filmstrip as a meditative tool.

What lingers after viewing is the hypnotic rhythm of the road, where every encounter and vista becomes part of a larger inquiry into human isolation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Bruce Baillie

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