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Still The Best 9/11 Documentary


Just watching this now for the third time and still can't believe how moving and Immersive this documentary is. I caught many things I missed on the first and second time on this view, probably due to the fact that other documentaries had mentioned the jet fuel going down the elevator shafts and blowing out the windows on the first floor and now I noticed the mention of how when the filmmaker was entering the lobby of tower one, there were two people on fire and he did not choose to film them. I have pretty much watched every mainstream 9/11 documentary as well as all the dramatized movies (History Channel was my friend this weekend) and still nothing compares.

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Yep very powerful how they mention the two bodies then all the slamming of bodies hitting the deck...then the one set of elevators opens full of ppl!

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I so agree with you. There isn't (and never will be) anything that can compare to actual footage of the firefighters working inside the building. Plus the Naudet brothers are very sensitive and respectful. Hopefully it's a comfort to the families of the lost, heroic firefighters captured working in their final moments in this film. This film is priceless and I am grateful to have it on DVD.

Just watching this now for the third time and still can't believe how moving and Immersive this documentary is. I caught many things I missed on the first and second time on this view, probably due to the fact that other documentaries had mentioned the jet fuel going down the elevator shafts and blowing out the windows on the first floor and now I noticed the mention of how when the filmmaker was entering the lobby of tower one, there were two people on fire and he did not choose to film them. I have pretty much watched every mainstream 9/11 documentary as well as all the dramatized movies (History Channel was my friend this weekend) and still nothing compares.

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