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Night Mail (1936)

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Considered a classic from the British Documentary Movement, at its height in the thirties, Night Mail was made to explain to the post office personnel how the journey of the freight trains was made from London to Scotland. Cavalcanti’s work was fundamental, for it blended the verses by the English poet W. H. Auden (“train rails piled high like dead horses”) to music by Benjamin Britten, and to image by directors Harry Watt and Basil Wright.

Título original: Night Mail

Ano: 1936

Duração: 12 minutos

País: England

Cor: Preto e branco

Direção: BASIL WRIGHTHARRY WATT

Roteiro: JOHN GRIERSON, BASIL WRIGHT, HARRY WATT

Fotografia: JONAH JONES, CLICK FOWLE

Montagem: BASIL WRIGHT, R. Q. MCNAUGHTON

Produtor: HARRY WATT, BASIL WRIGHT, JOHN GRIERSON

Música: BENJAMIN BRITEN

Edições: 26, 26