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Directed by:
Chivas DeVinck
Release Date:
November 14, 2022
Original Title:
The Great Basin
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
Chivas DeVinck works his way up from the soil to the stars to find out what constitutes Nevada outside of Las Vegas. Milieus, places and people are intertwined in a collage. The magnetic core of the whole is the subterranean water from which everything seems to grow and for which everyone strives. What looks like an arid desert landscape or a sleepy little town from afar, turns out on closer inspection to be an atmospheric representation of the rural U.S.
From below the earth to the stars, The Great Basin is a documentary feature that builds a complex panorama of rural Nevada, in the Western United States, through a tapestry of characters who work, live, and play there. The Great B...
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Director:
Chivas DeVinck
Director of Photography:
Yoshio Kitagawa
Editor:
Matthieu Laclau
Yann-Shan Tsai
Music:
Félicia Atkinson
Producer:
Chivas DeVinck
Sound Recordist:
Xan Márquez Caneda
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