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Another Girl Another Planet (film)

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Another Girl Another Planet
Directed byMichael Almereyda
Written byMichael Almereyda
Produced byBob Gosse
StarringBarry Del Sherman
Isabel Gillies
Bob Gosse
CinematographyJim Denault
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Another Girl Another Planet is a 1992 film written and directed by Michael Almereyda.[1] The film is notable for being shot on a Fisher-Price PXL 2000 children's camera.[2][3]

Premise

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Bill struggles to find a lasting relationship and meaningful connection through a succession of women, who have all been touched in some form by the death of someone in their lives.

Cast

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Critical reception

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Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote "Michael Almereyda's 56-minute 'Another Girl, Another Planet' is something else entirely. It's as American as the East Village walk-up in which it was made, and as comically angst-ridden and gray as its images. 'Another Girl, Another Planet' was initially shot on a Fisher-Price Pixel toy video camera, then transferred to 16-millimeter film."[1]

The National Society of Film Critics gave the film a special citation in its 1992 awards[4] for "expanding the possibilities of experimental filmmaking, including the use of a Pixelvision toy camcorder."[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (April 1, 1993). "Review/Film Festival; In Small Quarters, 2 Views of a Large Issue". The New York Times. p. 22.
  2. ^ "Pixelvision Dreams: Why Michael Almereyda Used a Children's Camera to Make Movies". No Film School. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. ^ McCarty, Andrea (1997). "Toying With Obsolescence: Pixelvision Filmmakers and the Fisher Price PXL 2000 Camera". Massachusetts Institute of Technology – via CORE.
  4. ^ "Past Awards". National Society of Film Critics. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  5. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (1993-01-03). "NSFC honors Clint, Thompson". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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