Despondent Divorcee

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Despondent Divorcee

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This short film takes its title from Russell Corgi's famous 1942 Buffalo Courier Express photograph of the exterior of the Genesee Hotel. Directed by Jonathan Ogilvie, the film is a series of close-ups of the photo coolly unfurling to reveal the full image. The snippets are overdubbed with a beguiling film noir-styled narration that imagines the context behind the extraordinary shot. Divorcee screened at many film festivals including in competition at Cannes in 1995. Corgi's photo was also re...

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Video

Date created

1995

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/despondent-divorcee-1995

Related subjects

narration / infidelity / depression / divorce / journalism / voyeurism / world war two / suicide / photography / film noir / preludes and nocturnes / gaiman / genesee hotel / buffalo / russell sorgi / mary miller

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