Herz Frank on documentarists

The first rule of a documentary filmmaker is: Have the patience to observe life!

Herz Frank

The Author Vassilis Economou

Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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REVIEWS

Medeas – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A new approach of the myth of Medea set in the rural countryside of the Southern California, by Andrea Pallaoro.

Shell – Torino 30

A slow paced family kitchen sink drama directed by Scott Graham and set in the Scottish highlands. Winner of the 30th Torino Film Festival.

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

A film of marginal pairs’ balance that move among realism and fantasy, hope and disillusionment, justice and injustice, heterosexuality and homosexuality, AIDS and life.

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Krš (Karst) – Sarajevo 21 Documentary

An experimental journey by Vladimir Todorović that explores the inner real identities which emerge in a rough and mountainous Montenegrin landscape.

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Medeas – Venice 70 Orizzonti

Shell – Torino 30

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Krš (Karst) – Sarajevo 21 Documentary

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Soft and Hard (1986)

Herz Frank on documentarists

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