Dry Wood vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Dry Wood). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 37m. Dry Wood is the older of the two (1973 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dry Wood
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Dry Wood | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1973 | 2024 |
| Length | 37m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Les Blank, Maureen Gosling | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | – | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Dry Wood
Featuring the stories and music of seminal Cajun musicians "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Dry Wood is a short, vibrant documentary portrait of life, food, music and festivity in the Louisiana Delta from the singular Les Blank. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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