Post by Boz on Jan 21, 2007 21:07:24 GMT
Man of Aran
Robert J. Flaherty 1934[/color]
A pioneer in the use of non-synchronus sound, this film, despite its impressive technical accomplishments, is ultimately so uneventful and redundant, nothing of worth can really be salvaged. The only real interesting aspect was the editing, rapid-fire at times, which made some sequences more exciting. And how or why this is considered a documentary is beyond me. The people in the film were not professional actors, and I think actually lived under the conditions in which they are shown, but it is staged just like a dramatic fiction film, and shot like one as well.
Robert J. Flaherty 1934[/color]
A pioneer in the use of non-synchronus sound, this film, despite its impressive technical accomplishments, is ultimately so uneventful and redundant, nothing of worth can really be salvaged. The only real interesting aspect was the editing, rapid-fire at times, which made some sequences more exciting. And how or why this is considered a documentary is beyond me. The people in the film were not professional actors, and I think actually lived under the conditions in which they are shown, but it is staged just like a dramatic fiction film, and shot like one as well.