I finally saw Inside Job this evening. Very worthy film – does a good job of laying out the financial crisis and its roots. I hope everyone sees it. However, style-wise I felt the same kind of sinking feeling I get in so many issue docs these days – a kind of Inconvenient Truth slideshow malaise, where all cinematic feeling is lost. Honestly, though, I am at a loss to imagine how else he might have made this particular doc-as-indictment film, so I probably shouldn't complain too loudly. It's another one of those movies I hope other people watch, even though I feel it continues the trend of documentary-as-lecture that has been degrading the genre from the point of view of cinematic experience over the last decade or so. It was a film you could have playing in the living room while you make dinner in the kitchen without missing much.
Recommended Documentaries
Recommended Docs
This is a topic where you can say which documentary has really impressed you, and why people should see it. Can be a recent one or an all-time favourite. Can't be your own though, sorry...
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Re: Ellen Brodsky's post on Sun 3 Apr 2011: View thread
Happy to hear this, i am pretty sure you gonna love this film.
Re: James Longley's post on Sun 10 Apr 2011: View thread
By contrast, Armadillo was great. A very strong work of documentary cinema about foreign troops in Afghanistan, at last. I hope it gets a wide release.
Re: James Longley's post on Mon 11 Apr 2011: View thread
I absolutely agree with you, i saw it and i was quite impressed.
Mon 18 Apr 2011
Edited Mon 18 Apr 2011 by John Burgan
Death by plastic? This powerful short film was recently produced and shot by D-Worder Riley Morton.