SUBJECTS

Belfast (Me.) -- Description and travel, Belfast (Me.) -- Economic conditions, Belfast (Me.) -- Social conditions, Belfast (Me.) -- Social life and customs

Belfast, Maine

A beautiful portrait of ordinary life in a New England port town, “Belfast, Maine is extraordinary in two ways. First, it is an immensely rich and immeasurably valuable microcosm of American life at the end of the twentieth century. Second, and most unexpected, it is a microcosm of Wiseman’s art. . . . It reminds us, movingly, of the persistent strength and beauty of the natural world, which is made to serve the economy; and it pays tribute to the courage and good will of people who go out, day after day, to ease what suffering they can. A fitting summary of Fred Wiseman’s work, and of his life as well” (Stuart Klawans, The Nation).

FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • John Davey
Print Info
  • Color
  • 16mm
  • 248 mins
Source
  • Zipporah Films
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Composing an American epic: the films of Frederick Wiseman (program note), Cinematheque Ontario/a division of Toronto International Film Festival Group, Phillip Lopate, 2002

Penetrating 'Belfast, Maine' gets inside a small town (review), Christian Science Monitor, David Sterritt, 2000

Belfast, Maine (program note), London Film Festival, Sandra Hebron, 1999

Belfast, Maine (program note), Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal, 1999

Belfast, Maine (review)

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