The Carfax Fragment
For his video diary, Chris Petit really wanted to go to a kind of ships’ graveyard near Bombay in India. However that proved productionally impossible. But closer to his home in London, Petit also found some intriguing places along the Thames. Such as Tilbury, from whence prisoners were shipped to Australia and that is also close to Purfleet, where Count Dracula set foot on land.Chris Petit is a British film-, television- and documentary-maker and author of thrillers and novels. He made his début as feature director with the road-movie Radio On (1979).
Also in this combined programme
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Cargo
Film-maker lived for a month on a container vessel that visited several ports in the Near East. Report of an adventure. -
New York (Southstreet Seaport / Staten Island Ferry)
Film-maker watches in despair as a traditional harbour is turned into an amusement park. An exploration in video by a celluloid virtuoso. -
11 November, Saint Petersburg
Poetic video diary from St. Petersburg. About invisible underwater light and fish that scratch in plastic bags.
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2001
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL