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    • Home Was Never Like This

    Home Was Never Like This

    • 1983
    • 00h 07m 27s
    • Midi Onodera

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    Synopsis

    Step-printed images of a “home” - a suburban house, no people in sight - combine with a children's story, told in saccarine tones, about the country mouse who discovers that "there's no place like home." A gently told tale of alienation.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Landscape,
    • Multiculturalism,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • 16 mm

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Black & White,
    • Mono,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Central Canada

    Screening Formats

    • 16 mm,
    • AppleProRes,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Director: Midi Onodera

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