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Year
1968
Runtime
75 min.
Director
William Greaves
Genre
Documentary
Rating *
7.2
Votes *
955
Checks
764
Favs
49
Dislikes
10
Favs/checks
6.4% (1:16)
Favs/dislikes
5:1
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  1. TomServo's avatar

    TomServo

    What is a film? What is a performance? What are actors? What is a film crew? What is reality? What is fiction? What is a dialogue? What does the word "faggot" actually mean? Who is a director? What is intentionality? What is unintentionality? And, ultimately, what is truth?

    There are no answers to any of these questions, but this film still manages to tackle all of them with aplomb. One of my major takeaways from this film (bearing in mind that EVERYBODY will have their own individual reaction to it) is that the director of a film is God in that little insular world, and every single thing they do has an effect, for better or for worse.
    8 years ago
  2. Limbesdautomne's avatar

    Limbesdautomne

    Looks like a Rouch film undertaken among a newyorker film crew.

    What the heck is this link about my thoughs in French on La Saveur des goûts amers!
    2 years 1 month ago
  3. dpka's avatar

    dpka

    Coming soon ; Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take Two

    But it takes 37 years...
    4 years 9 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #5 in Slate's The Black Film Canon
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  2. This movie ranks #196 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
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  3. This movie ranks #206 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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  4. This movie ranks #399 in The Criterion Collection
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  5. This movie ranks #627 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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  6. This movie ranks #690 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
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  7. This movie ranks #855 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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