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Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)

1974 · 29 min Documentary
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film is rich with truly wonderful visions: a thick, white porcelain cup perched on a ship's rail, the tea within swaying gently in sync with the ship while the sea rushes by beyond…the faces of crewmen posing awkwardly but also movingly for the camera; a cockfight on ship; scenes from a bucolic pre–Pol Pot Phnom Penh. Images has the haunting elegiac resonance of Eugène Atget's Paris, the echo of a time and place that was." - MoMA

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Year 1974
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Peter Hutton
Runtime 29 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (6 votes)

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Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74) has mixed reviews with a rating of 6.7/10. Good for a relaxed evening without high expectations.

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A classic from 1974. They don't make them like this anymore — which is exactly why you should watch it. Best for: viewers looking to try something new without being too demanding.

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