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''The Moon and the Sledgehammer'' is a British 1971 cult documentary film directed by Philip Trevelyan and produced by Jimmy Vaughan which documents the eccentric lives of the Page family, consisting of the elderly Mr Page and his adult children Jim, Pete, Nancy and Kath, who live in a wood in Swanbrook, near Chiddingly, Sussex without mains gas, mains electricity or running water. The sons find employment by fixing mechanical things as odd jobs and maintain two traction engines. The film, which is 65 minutes long, consists of interviews with the Page family, interspersed with footage of them going about their lives in the forest. It was shot using natural light onto on 16mm colour film. The sound is mono and there is no voice-over narration. The film was previewed at the 1971 Berlin International Film Festival, and the first reviews were in the West German press. The British press subsequently picked it up resulting in short positive reviews by John Russell Taylor, David Robinson, George Melly, Dilys Powell. After its distribution it was also positively reviewed by Philip Oakes In 2009 the film was released on DVD for the first time. To coincide with this it had showings at various cinemas. A reunion of the director and crew and a question and answer session was held at the London showing. This forms the basis for a companion DVD - ''Behind the Moon and the Sledgehammer'', directed by Katy MacMillan - a documentary film about a documentary film. This also features film directors Nick Broomfield, Molly Dineen, Andrew Kotting and Ben Rivers and film historian John Russell Taylor discussing the film and its influence. As part of the re-release, it also had other reviews written of it 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Movie review: ''The Moon and the Sledgehammer'' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Moon and the Sledgehammer )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】Andrew Kotting">url=http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk/showarticle.php?sel=bac&siz=1&id=855 )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Moon and the Sledgehammer )〕 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Moon and the Sledgehammer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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