I would watch more modern documentaries if the currently fashionable style were not so irritating. I hate all those dressed up actors, the buzzy cross-cutting, over-charged soundtracks and other devices calculated to wind up the viewer and get in the way of rational reflection.
Utterly agreed. It's the 'docudrama' style of film-making that drives me thoroughly insane and makes them unwatchable.
They do the same thing these days with science programs and the like too, which makes them awful and unwatchable. Perish the thought that I might actually be interested in the subject matter, and not want some sub-mtv camerawork and awful dramatisations....
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Date: March 8th, 2007 12:36 am (UTC)Utterly agreed. It's the 'docudrama' style of film-making that drives me thoroughly insane and makes them unwatchable.
They do the same thing these days with science programs and the like too, which makes them awful and unwatchable. Perish the thought that I might actually be interested in the subject matter, and not want some sub-mtv camerawork and awful dramatisations....