Am I missing something?
Just been watching some of this film and I can't see a point in watching much more.
There is no narration! it's just hour and 20 odd minutes of someone pointing a, often badly focused - badly framed, camera at people.
That’s the whole idea of Direct Cinema or Cinema Verite. Although Wiseman hates these terms and denies his films intentionally being part of these genres they are great examples. The argument would be, why would you want narration or a story when they can only really retract from the reality of what is actually happening on the film. Aside from the editing, what you are getting is a candid view of a portion of real life which is left entirely up to you to interpret. In many ways it’s the purest form of factual cinema.
shareAny narration would have totally changed it, for the worse. I agree with Barry, the whole point is to get the view "unaltered" and leave it to the viewer to do the rest.
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None of his films have narration. Why do you want narration? It's more fun simply observing and coming to your own conclusions.
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It could also be argued that the fact that the camera isn't being acknowledged by the film makers very much detracts from this reality....
Though I agree that narration would not in any way have made this film more powerful or effective.
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