Images of the Orient - "Vandalic Tourism"

Working from archives of private film footage from a trip to India by the upper class of the late 1920s, a period of strong anti-colonial outbreak, Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi deconstruct the images and analyze the attitude and behavior of Westerners in the East.

Release Date

September 1, 2001

Status

Released

Original Title

Images d'Orient: Tourisme vandale

Runtime

1h 2min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Italian

Production Companies

ARTE France Cinéma