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From Lift to the Road: The Films of Marc Isaacs

Synopsis
A comprehensive collection of the films of Marc Isaacs, presented in a 2-Disc Blu-ray box set together with a newly-published 80-page book ‘The Human Element’, which features new writing by Isaacs on his filmmaking process. This collection, ‘the most telling portrait of Britain by any individual filmmaker since the millennium’ (Sight & Sound), includes:
Disc 1
Lift (2001)
Travellers (2002)
Calais: The Last Border (2003)
All White in Barking (2008)
Men of the City (2009)
Shorts
The Old Man and His Bed (2011) Outsiders (2014)
Touched by Murder (2016)
When Night Falls (2016)

Disc 2
Someday My Prince Will Come (2005)
Philip and His Seven Wives (2006)
Outside the Court (2011)
The Road - A Story of Life and Death (2013)

Out of Time Installation:
Sisters (2017)
Moments of Silence (2017)
Notes on Bangladesh (2017)
Rainy Days (2017)
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2018
Year of production
2011-2017
Notes
UK, 2001 - 2017
Total length: 619 minutes
Special features: 82 minutes
Sound: 2.0 Stereo LPCM (48k/24-bit)
Colour
Original aspect ratios: 1.37:1 / 1:78:1
Language: English, some Bengali
Blu-Ray: BD50 x 2/ 1080i / 25fps
Region ABC (Region Free)
Subjects
Film studies
Keywords
documentary films; Film directing; Great Britain; 2000s

Credits

Director
Marc Isaacs

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
BR Region free, Blu-Ray DVD
Price
£29.99
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
618 minutes
Year
2018

Distributor

Name

Second Run DVD

Email
info@secondrundvd.com
Web
http://www.secondrundvd.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
020 8324 2400
Address
12 Chessing Court
Fortis Green Road
London
N10
Notes
A niche-market video label and distributor, specialising in being the first to release important and award-winning films from around the world. Sale via online shop or retail outlets.

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