Friendship's death [videorecording].
Friendship's death [videorecording].
About this item
Full title
Publisher
London, England : A BFI production [in association with Channel 4], 1987.
Date
1987.
Call Numbers
VB3056
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 videocassette (VHS) (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Contents
Director, script, Peter Wollen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; photographer, Witold Stok.
Publication information
Publisher
London, England : A BFI production [in association with Channel 4], 1987.
Performers
Bill Paterson, Tilda Swinton.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1987.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
A journalist sympathetic to the PLO cause is caught in the crossfire between the Jordanians and the PLO in Amman during 'Black September', 1970. He encounters a woman without a passport and discovers that she is a disoriented extra-terrestrial robot, code-named Friendship, sent from a far galaxy to make contact with advanced members of the human ra...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Friendship's death [videorecording].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Based on a short story by Peter Wollen.
Released by: Ronin Films.
Citation / References Note
Reference: See interview with Peter Wollen and review by Thomas Elsaesser in Monthly Film Bulletin, Nov. 1987.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
VB3056
Record Identifier
74Vv8lbvA8Xg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8lbvA8Xg
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991014366499702626
