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Controversial film reviews Read what these people think. Are they for or against the film or is their opinion fairly neutral? 8 It takes pictures. For instance, immediately after the opening title, Ken Burns’s e Civil War shows a series of dramatic photographs of war after a battle. The camera moves slowly across each photo, letting you know that in this documentary much of what you will see will come from still pictures, and you will be given time to see what is there. On the sound track we hear a violin – no speech – as the documentarian shows us that the pictures can speak for themselves. Then you have to have a structure – an ordered progression of images and sounds that will capture the audience’s interest and present the point of view of the documentary as a visual argument. For instance, e War Room , a film by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, about the 1992 Clinton campaign, opens with a series of scenes in New Hampshire showing the problems facing candidate Clinton. No interviews; just interactions that show what is happening in the campaign at that time. As the film develops, we see the campaign overcoming obstacles on the way to a Clinton victory. (Adapted from: http://www.barryhampe.com/index.htm ) Fahrenheit 9/11 – fact or ction? So the facts and gures in this film might be a bit exaggerated. I don’t think that really matters. The basic message of the film is true and important. It should be seen by everyone. (Toni Makay, Hong Kong) I thought this film would tell me something new. In actual fact it just tells us the same things that Moore has been saying for years. He needs to find a new subject matter. (Gordon Pitchford, Iraq) Is this a good film? Well, it’s the highest grossing documentary of all time, it’s the first time a documentary has made the number one position in the film charts and it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, the facts speak for themselves . (Paul Ovens, Hawaii) This is an intriguing film which sees Moore go off on a fact- nding mission to find out the truth behind the US invasion of Iraq. What he finds out will shock you – be prepared! (Katie Pimm, Australia) A good documentary always presents the truth. I know for a fact that most of what Moore claims in this film is not true. This is a work of fiction and not a very good one at that. (Suzanne Benson, Liverpool) Unfortunately it’s a fact of life that wars make some people very rich. Michael Moore’s message is nothing new. What is frightening is that even though we all know this, no-one does anything about it. (Sharon Evans, Droitwich, UK) Documentary film makers should always take a very matter-of-fact approach and let the audience make up their own minds. Moore doesn’t do this, he plays on our emotions and this is not good documentary film making. (Andrew Briscoe, Powick, UK) 171 4 Compact unit 4: Documentaries Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentu des Verlags öbv