Solid Documentary that Looks into the History of Found Footage
This was a documentary that I decided to check out due to it streaming on Shudder. I like to watch things like this while I'm at work, late in the day. It is at that point that I treat them like a podcast. I can listen to what they're saying and watch when I need to.
What we get here is learning about the found footage genre. We learn what titles are starting it like the opening to Peeping Tom or major elements of Cannibal Holocaust. We are hearing from talking heads like Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Shellie McMurdo who have written books on the subject. We also hear from filmmakers who were influenced by elements of the past. We learn where they got inspiration. This includes the likes of Patrick Brice, Derek Lee, Dean Alioto, André Øvredal, Eduardo Sánchez, Michael Goi, James Cullen Bressack, Stephen Volk, Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler, Rob Savage, Kôji Shiraishi and Jaume Balagueró. I'm just naming a few who give good insight to other works and how it affected theirs. I should also say that Ruggero Deodato from Cannibal Holocaust is also interviewed.
I will then say that this is well made. There are clips edited in, which help to visual things that are being relayed to us as viewers. This also flies by. I was shocked to see it was over as it feels like they're just scratching the surface. That would probably be the only thing that holds me back here. This is still a solid documentary and one that I would recommend to fans of this subgenre/filming style.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.
What we get here is learning about the found footage genre. We learn what titles are starting it like the opening to Peeping Tom or major elements of Cannibal Holocaust. We are hearing from talking heads like Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Shellie McMurdo who have written books on the subject. We also hear from filmmakers who were influenced by elements of the past. We learn where they got inspiration. This includes the likes of Patrick Brice, Derek Lee, Dean Alioto, André Øvredal, Eduardo Sánchez, Michael Goi, James Cullen Bressack, Stephen Volk, Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler, Rob Savage, Kôji Shiraishi and Jaume Balagueró. I'm just naming a few who give good insight to other works and how it affected theirs. I should also say that Ruggero Deodato from Cannibal Holocaust is also interviewed.
I will then say that this is well made. There are clips edited in, which help to visual things that are being relayed to us as viewers. This also flies by. I was shocked to see it was over as it feels like they're just scratching the surface. That would probably be the only thing that holds me back here. This is still a solid documentary and one that I would recommend to fans of this subgenre/filming style.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.
- Journey_with_a_Cinephile
- Jun 8, 2023