The Ister Movie Review 2004

Rookie writers/directors Barison and Ross document their thought-provoking five-year trek up the 2,000-mile-long Danube River (ancient Greek name "The Ister") from its mouth in the Black Sea to its origin in Germany's Black Forest. Along the way, the Australian philosophy students visit with prominent European philosophers who discuss the 1942 lecture of German existentialist Martin Heidegger (their inspiration and author of "Time and Being") while capturing such images as an ancient Greek city, war-torn Serbian towns, and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.

Distribution

First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11201, Phone: (718)488-8900, Fax: (718)488-8642, Email: mailroom@frif.com, URL: http://www.frif.com

Available on DVD
Running time 189 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, USSR, Germany, Science

Cinematography

Daniel Ross, David Barison

Director

Daniel Ross, David Barison

Other

Frank Lipson, Daniel Ross, David Barison

Producer

David Barison, Daniel Ross, Black Box Sound and Image, First Run/Icarus Films