I can appreciate that the film was of great importance in its day... but I can't say I enjoyed watching it for two full hours and them some...
just piping up because ... I'm the only person who has commented on the film who didn't adore it. I have seen others by Wadja I liked better... didn't much care for the whole set up of earnest filmmaker doing her rounds with flashbacks to what people are telling her and the many newsreels. have to say that I was distanced from the film by its use of a lot of archival footage mixed with faux archival stuff, eventually the texture of the whole film ended up looking very fake to me. it did seem that quite often there was inter-cutting between shots not got at the same time, even in conversation between two characters... to me the effect of the film was very artificial, but this is all... stylistic concern... anyway I was kinda bored by man of iron
just piping up because ... I'm the only person who has commented on the film who didn't adore it. I have seen others by Wadja I liked better... didn't much care for the whole set up of earnest filmmaker doing her rounds with flashbacks to what people are telling her and the many newsreels. have to say that I was distanced from the film by its use of a lot of archival footage mixed with faux archival stuff, eventually the texture of the whole film ended up looking very fake to me. it did seem that quite often there was inter-cutting between shots not got at the same time, even in conversation between two characters... to me the effect of the film was very artificial, but this is all... stylistic concern... anyway I was kinda bored by man of iron