Queen of Diamonds.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Menkes, Nina, film director.
Menkes, Tinka, actor.
Arbelos Films (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Menkes, Tinka, actor.
Arbelos Films (Firm), Distributor
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Arbelos Films, 1991., Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Format
eVideo
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Film
General Note
In Process Record.
Participants/Performers
Tinka Menkes
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Arbelos Films in 1991.
Description
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS follows the alienated life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented but hypnotic interplay between repetition and repressed anger. Shot with a beautiful compositional rigor echoing Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS is a remarkable and demanding masterpiece of American independent filmmaking. Heralded as one of the most challenging and subversive filmmakers working today, the re-release of QUEEN OF DIAMONDS marks the start of a new critical recognition for Menkes’ groundbreaking body of work. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at **Sundance Film Festival**. *"[Menkes’] provocative and visually arresting art films hover between experimental and narrative, fearlessly exploring the alienated feminine, the subconscious and violent patriarchal outer realities..." - Selina Robertson, **Sight & Sound***
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language
In English
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Menkes, N., & Menkes, T. (1991). Queen of Diamonds . Arbelos Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Menkes, Nina and Tinka, Menkes. 1991. Queen of Diamonds. Arbelos Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Menkes, Nina and Tinka, Menkes. Queen of Diamonds Arbelos Films, 1991.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Menkes, Nina,, and Tinka Menkes. Queen of Diamonds Arbelos Films, 1991.
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