Punishment park / un film de Peter Watkins [videorecording - DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Paris : Francoise Films, 1971Description: 1 videodisc (120 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inGenre/Form: Scope and content: "Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior.
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark - Multimedia - Short Film
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 791.4361 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J158160

"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior.

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