William Eggleston's pioneering video work "Stranded In Canton" has been restored and reformed by Mr. Eggleston in collaboration with film-maker Robert Gordon and is finally available, almost thirty-five years later.
The book from Twin Palms Publishers contains forty frame enlargements from the digital re-master, a brief appreciation from filmmaker Gus Van Sant, and a DVD of the 77-minute film itself, along with more than thirty minutes of bonus footage and an interview with Mr. Eggleston and Mr. Gordon conducted at the Toronto Film Festival.Shot in 1974 with a Sony Porta-Pak, the crazily careering Stranded in Canton documents a cast of hard-drinking Southerners with the intimacy, ease and instability of a seasoned participants. Whiffs of Southern Gothic are not new to Mr. Eggleston's work, but here they rise to the surface--fierce, tragic and proud." -- The New York Times Some brief excerpts from the film may be found below:
 | "Kids" |  | "Furry" |  | "Furry and Friend" |  | "Geek" |  | "Lady Russell Smokes" |  | "Marcia Smokes" |  | "Pretty Chick" |  | "Randall in Canton" |  | "Shut Up" |  | "Teeth" |  | "The Grandest Time" |  | "Vernon at Gas Station" |  | "Vernon in Alley" |  | "Be Nice" |
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