As another example of a documentary, we watched a docu-film called Man on Wire.
These are my notes about the film:
British film made in 2008
Funded by the UK film council / National lottery
Co-produced by Discovery Channel
Featured on BBC's documentary 'Storyville'
Global audience
Many prizes won, including: BAFTA and Sundance
Reflexive documentary - reflects on itself
Genre: Thriller / Crime, including tension
"Heist" movie
Play on ideas of terrorism
Actuality footage / archive
Music structures the mood of the scenes
Mixed identity
- mainly French but also including American and Australian
Complex narrative - 3 timescales
Narrative progression
Messages & Values - asperational
Art cinema audience as well as global
Nostalgia for American audiences of Twin Towers
- Gives new images of World Trade Center
- Remebering how it was and forgetting the tragedy
- Uplifting expirence
Imagery used
Reclaiming the memory of the tower - using the new tower to reconstruct the old
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