Herz Frank on documentarists

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

Herz Frank

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Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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REVIEWS

Ikarie XB-1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe, 1963)

The pioneering Czechoslovak science fiction film by Jindrich Polák, based on Stanislaw Lem's The Magellanic Cloud.

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Gian Vittorio Baldi directs a piece of art that through its consistency can work on political and dramaturgical level without losing its impactful realism.

Über die Jahre (Over the Years) – Sarajevo 21 Documentary

Nikolaus Geyrhalter creates his magnum opus as he observes the financial and personal downfall of the rural post-industrial Austria during an extended 10-year period.

Eyforiya (Euphoria, 2006)

A tragic romantic story set in the immense Russian steppe. A theatrical experience told by Ivan Vyrypaev in pure cinematic language.

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

The debut feature film by Sergei Eisenstein and the first archetypical example of pure communist propaganda.

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Ikarie XB-1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe, 1963)

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Über die Jahre (Over the Years) – Sarajevo 21 Documentary

Eyforiya (Euphoria, 2006)

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

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