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Lost Continent (1955 film)

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Lost Continent
Directed byEnrico Gras
Giorgio Moser
Leonardo Bonzi
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed byLopert Pictures (US theatrical)
Release dates
  • 1955 (1955) (Italy)
  • 11 March 1957 (1957-03-11) (New York City)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Continente Perduto (a.k.a. Lost Continent and Continent Perdu) is a 1955 Italian documentary film about Maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.

Awards

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It has received the following awards:

Legacy

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French literary critic Roland Barthes dedicates an essay to the film in his semiological work, Mythologies. He criticizes the filmmakers as perpetuating a European sense of exoticism, while also imposing their own Christian values onto the Buddhist traditions of the region.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Lost Continent". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  2. ^ "BFI: Lost Continent". BFI. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
  3. ^ "5th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  4. ^ Barthes, Roland, and Annette Lavers. "The Lost Continent." Mythologies. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. 94-96. Print.
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