An amusing tale of a man who feels the common urge to escape the city’s noise for a weekend of quiet in the hills beyond. Made without words, but with a variety of other sounds, urban and rural, this film tracks our hero to his haven of non-peace. He finds the countryside not as unspoiled and uncrowded as the poets proclaim, nor is the ‘bosom of nature’ entirely without rocks.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008896
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization - Environmental aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Country life - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Country life - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Noise
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)