Vertical Features Remake (1978): Cast & Plot
Vertical Features Remake is a 1978 comedy documentary directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Colin Cantlie as Narrator (voice). It runs 45 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Genres
- Documentary , Comedy
- Original language
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English - After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Vertical Features Remake About?
The premise of Vertical Features Remake without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Directed by Peter Greenaway, the film follows a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as it pieces together meticulously captured raw footage by ornithologist Tulse Luper, shaping it into a short work according to his notes and structuralist film theory. The material mainly features vertical elements of the English countryside—trees, posts and similar landscape forms, shot across various English locales.
Vertical Features Remake Themes & Keywords
· 19 tags- timing
- sunset
- structure
- stone wall
- sheep
- preservation
- old photograph
- numerology
- man against nature
- lawn sprinkler
- landscape
- fence
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- english countryside
- catalog
- archive
- absurdism
- telephone pole
- surrealism
- fake documentary
Vertical Features Remake Cast & Characters
Colin Cantlie plays Narrator (voice) in Vertical Features Remake. Directed by Peter Greenaway.
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Director Peter Greenaway
- Colin Cantlie as Narrator (voice)
More from Peter Greenaway
More films directed by Peter Greenaway, best-rated first: Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Pillow Book and Eisenstein in Guanajuato.
Vertical Features Remake Plot Summary
What happens in Vertical Features Remake from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Presented as a mockumentary, the film follows an institute that has done its best to understand Luper’s project and reconstruct his work according to his specifications, using rediscovered film and notes as the source material. The narration is guided by the voice of Colin Cantlie as the Narrator, who threads through a careful, documentary-style examination of the material and its implications, inviting viewers to consider how much of what is shown is faithful to Luper’s original intent and how much is the institute’s interpretation.
Full summary
The whole story of Vertical Features Remake, scene by scene
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Vertical Features Remake is presented in which form?
Vertical Features Remake Also Known As
2 alternative titles: “重拍“垂直物体”” and “השחזור של דימויים אנכיים”.
- Also known as
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- 重拍“垂直物体”
- השחזור של דימויים אנכיים
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Vertical Features Remake FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Vertical Features Remake, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Vertical Features Remake?
Vertical Features Remake runs 45 minutes.
When was Vertical Features Remake released?
Vertical Features Remake was released on December 1, 1978.
Who directed Vertical Features Remake?
Vertical Features Remake was directed by Peter Greenaway.
More films by Peter Greenaway Who is in the cast of Vertical Features Remake?
Vertical Features Remake stars Colin Cantlie as Narrator (voice).
Does Vertical Features Remake have a post-credit scene?
No. Vertical Features Remake has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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