Zoo Piece
Chris Marker
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2m 49s
Directed by Chris Marker • Documentary • 1994 • 3 minutes
A leisurely-paced montage of animals, many of them confined in cages or enclosures-including seals, kangaroos, leopards, gorillas, wolves, monkeys, ostriches, and a sleeping rhinoceros. Part of Chris Marker's Bestiary.
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