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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 3 h 9 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 3 h 9 m
The Ister

Summary The Ister is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the Black Sea, to its source in the German Black Forest. By joining a vast philosophical narrative with an epic voyage along Europe’s greatest waterway, The Ister invites you to unravel the extraordinary past and future of 'the West.' (Black Box ...

Directed By: David Barison, Daniel Ross

Written By: David Barison, Daniel Ross

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 3 h 9 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run/Icarus Films
  • 3 h 9 m

The Ister

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Ister is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the Black Sea, to its source in the German Black Forest. By joining a vast philosophical narrative with an epic voyage along Europe’s greatest waterway, The Ister invites you to unravel the extraordinary past and future of 'the West.' (Black Box ...

Directed By: David Barison, Daniel Ross

Written By: David Barison, Daniel Ross

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Unprecedented in its intellectual ambition, this is endlessly stimulating; it probably tries for too much, but it shames many other contemporary essays that try for too little.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
80
The Ister asks you not to think, but to think hard. Your reward, given in proportion to your level of attention, commitment and participation, is to see the simplest things in a new light, possessed of vast new dimensions.
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Tyro helmers David Barison and Daniel Ross have sunk their teeth into a heady intellectual stew, and results are invigorating thanks to the filmmakers' inspired linkage of images and ideas and commentaries from three of the world's leading philosophers.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
70
The headiest, head-scratching-est, damnedest, most demanding movie opening this week in New York, The Ister could be simply described as a philosophical travelogue.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
60
'Highbrow' might be the best way to sum it all up. Interesting and stimulating, if not always successful.
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A film about profound ideas deserved more imagination.
By John McMurtrie FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Black Box Sound and Image
Release Date Feb 10, 2006
Duration 3 h 9 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.theister.com/
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Awards

Montréal Festival of New Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (FIDMarseille)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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