The Solitary Life of Cranes

2008
27m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

Part city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets.

What emerges is a lyrical mediation about how our existence is shaped through the environment we inhabit, both for the drivers high up in the sky and the people on the ground they are watching.

Made with the support of the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation, Â‘The Solitary Life of CranesÂ’ was selected as one of the top five films of the year 2008 by critic Nick Bradshaw in Sight & Sound magazineÂ’s annual film review.

Â“graceful and revealingÂ…once seen, wonÂ’t be forgottenÂ” The Observer

Â“Very simply, the film did what art should do: it opened your eyes.Â”The Guardian

Award for Best Short Documentary, Britdoc Film Festival 2008

Award for Best Documentary, Go Short Â– International Short Film Festival Nijmeden 2009

Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK Short, Glimmer Â– Hull International Short Film Festival 2009

Best Short, Oxdox International Documentary Film Festival 2009

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Part city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high... Read allPart city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets. Within the loose structure of a day, starting with the drivers climbin... Read allPart city symphony part visual poem, 'The Solitary Life of Cranes' explores the invisible life of a city, its patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets. Within the loose structure of a day, starting with the drivers climbing up at dawn and ending with them coming down after a nightshift, the film observes the ci... Read all