A record of a Franco-Belgian expedition to the remote island in the 1930s..
Henry Lavacher
France
If you have twenty-six minutes to spare and love dusty old footage of giant stone heads, L'île de Pâques is absolutely worth your time today. But if you want a polished history lesson with CGI maps and loud narrators, you will probably hate this. 🗿 It is a French-Belgian expedition diary from 1934, and it feels exact...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
John Fernhout
Vernon Stallings
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"If you have twenty-six minutes to spare and love dusty old footage of giant stone heads, L'île de Pâques is absolutely worth your time today. But if you want a polished history lesson with CGI maps and loud narrators, you will probably hate this. 🗿 It is a French-Belgian expedition diary from 1934, and it feels exactly like that. There is no grand, dramatic plot here, unlike the silent stories you get in The Cold Homestead. Instead, we just watch scientists in baggy trousers walking around E..."
1920 · IMDb 4.4
Richard Smith
