This American gothic
DVD - 2008
"[This documentary] is a quirky portrait of Eldon, Iowa, population 998, site of the house that inspired one of the most famous paintings in the world. The film follows a group of local women as they work towards their dream of a Gothic House Visitor Center to attract tourists and save their struggling community. The ongoing fascination with the [Grant Wood] painting 'American Gothic' suggests a hunger for stories from rural America that 'This American Gothic' both taps into and exposes. What do these stories and images from the heartland symbolize? Why are they still so powerful, even in parody or myth? [This film] explores the poignant irony of a rural America abandoned to economic hardship trying to rebuild itsel...f through tourism that glorifies a happier, if largely imaginary, country past."--Container.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[Iowa City, Iowa] :
[University of Iowa]
[2008]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "A picture about a picture and the town that inspired it"--Container.
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Meghan Sims.