Charles Ferguson's exemplary documentary about the USA's recent banking crisis is intelligent and jaw-dropping
Ingmar Bergman once recalled the seminal experience of watching Danish TV in the 1950s in Sweden (he was then head of Malmö's municipal theatre). He became fascinated by talking heads and how truly cinematic they were. His observation is brought to mind by the most widely discussed films of recent weeks. None involves special effects or leans heavily on violent action. Instead, they centre on people talking, on what we deduce from their appearance, facial expressions and body language. I'm thinking of The King's Speech, The Social Network, Of Gods and Men and True Grit. To these we can now add Charles Ferguson's exemplary documentary Inside Job.
Having made the highly regarded No End in Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq, which was nominated three years ago for the best full-length documentary Oscar,...
Ingmar Bergman once recalled the seminal experience of watching Danish TV in the 1950s in Sweden (he was then head of Malmö's municipal theatre). He became fascinated by talking heads and how truly cinematic they were. His observation is brought to mind by the most widely discussed films of recent weeks. None involves special effects or leans heavily on violent action. Instead, they centre on people talking, on what we deduce from their appearance, facial expressions and body language. I'm thinking of The King's Speech, The Social Network, Of Gods and Men and True Grit. To these we can now add Charles Ferguson's exemplary documentary Inside Job.
Having made the highly regarded No End in Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq, which was nominated three years ago for the best full-length documentary Oscar,...
- 2/20/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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