Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
Radiant city [videorecording].
Call Number:
DVD R
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publisher, Date:
[Quebec?] : National Film Board of Canada ; Port Washington, N.Y. : distributed by Koch Entertainment, 2008.
Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
Gary Burns, Canada's king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the 'burbs. Venturing through a toybox of cultural references, from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos, the two create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do.
A Canadian family struggles with existential despair, exacerbated by the drabness of their suburban locale.
Subjects:
Suburban life -- Canada -- Drama.
Cities and towns -- Growth -- Drama.
Drama DVDs.
Closed caption DVDs.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films -- Drama.
Feature films -- Canada.
Other Author:
Burns, Gary, 1960-
Brown, Jim.
Vercruysse, Shirley.
Jeffery, Daniel.
Legare, Bob.
Macfarlane, Jane, actress.
Fidyk, Ashleigh.
Santiago, Joey, 1965-
Burns Films, Ltd.
National Film Board of Canada.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Television Network.
Koch Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:
1417201711
9781417201716