DVD
The royal road
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Voiceover by Jenni Olson ; voiceover cameo by Tony Kushner.
Publication Information
New Almaden, CA : Wolfe Video, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A cinematic essay, The Royal Road offers up a primer on Junipero Serra's Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo--all against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes, and featuring a voiceover cameo by Tony Kushner.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2015.
Special features: Four short films by Jenni Olson: 575 Castro Street, Meep meep!, Blue diary, and Sometimes ; interview with Jenni Olson ; the Royal Road trailer.