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Havana, My Love (2011)
Nice
This film is great with beautiful photography and music. The slightly poetic narration running over visual motifs of death, decay, and destruction give the film an almost romantic feel. As if there is something romantic and timeless about the conflict between nature and civilization, creation and destruction, and life and death. Does the woman look back at a city she once knew as a child? Does she recognize its decay and conflicts with nature. We can't be sure. The filmmakers should be proud for creating this nice film. I hope it is finding an audience somewhere out in the world. I would like to believe it won't just run the festival circuit and then quit. Bravo. Look forward to more.
Sherman's March (1985)
One of the best
I wish I had more time to write a review but Sherman's March is simply one of the greatest and most epic documentaries ever created. Rarely do epic two and a half hour documentaries show themselves to be worth watching, but this film does. Straddling between the lines of Richard Leacock (strict verite style) and later more intrusive styles, Ross Mcelwee pushes forward through his adventure and we are right by his side every step of the way. I believe some critic once said Mcelwee points his camera with "phallic resolve" toward the women he meets. This is indeed true. I wish I had time to say more.
Watch the film. It is a tour de force of documentary filmmaking.