Ghosts of a River
- Directed by
- Pierre Patry
- Country
- Canada
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
It shows abandoned towns in British Columbia that were emptied to make way for hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River. The film captures the quiet, empty spaces left behind.
atmosphericmelancholicdocumentary-stylebleakreflectiveslow-pacedobservationalhaunting
What happens
Ghosts of a River (French: 3 hommes au mille carré, lit. "Three men per square mile") is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Pierre Patry and Jacques Kasma and released in 1966. The film depicts various ghost towns in British Columbia which have been abandoned in preparation for the construction of hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River. The film premiered in the Montreal International Film Festival's Festival of Canadian Films lineup in 1966, where it received a special mention from the short film jury. Kasma won the Canadian Film Award for Best Editing at the 19th Canadian Film Awards in 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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