seela
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Interesting! Can't wait to hear more!
It’s really long. It covers an entire week of what the library has to offer and each day section is about 30 mins long. So it’s a beast for sure.
Sometimes the camera is simply left rolling during a board meeting or a concert, sometimes you see and hear poetry, get to participate in lectures, see what school kids do there. Nothing is narrated, the takes are often very long. It feels like you’re spying on the discussions and the events you witness.
I enjoyed it a lot, but it’s not a style everybody enjoys. And it is really long. But because it’s so neatly divided into days, you can watch it installments. It’s by Frederick Wiseman, and all his stuff is like that. Slow, long, meditative, lets the story unfold before your eyes seemingly without offering too much commentary. Except of course the documentary itself already is a commentary - he’s made the decision to show some things and leave others out. I like his stuff a lot.
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