Lyrisch Nitraat (1991)

Name: Lyrisch Nitraat
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-04-01T19:26:09+02:00
Rating: 2.5
Cast: Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm

Documentary | 50 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 50 minuten

Alternative title: Lyrical Nitrate

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Peter Delpeut

Stars: Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten and Anni Timm

IMDb score: 6,9 (230)

Releasedate: 20 February 1991

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Lyrisch Nitraat plot

Delpeut applied the found footage principle, described by some as 'postmodern', to nitrate films from the period 1905-1915 that were rescued in the Film Museum. As well as a tribute to the films of yesteryear, Lyrical Nitrate is also a tribute to the film material used: the delicate nitrate that is good for beautiful images, but also has a great self-destructive power. Lyrical nitrate also outlines the death throes of this material: ending with half-decayed film images, the film shows that the vital force of silent cinema ends irrevocably without intervention.