During the film festival after having Charles Burnett himself come to the school, I thought it only correct to go see the film I had heard him talk about for an hour. I went with an idea of what I thought the film would be like already in my head, again because I kept hearing about it, but I was very wrong. I thought it was going to be a documentary, and I guess it was but my idea of a documentary was very narrow at the time I saw the film so I was thoroughly confused. It seemed like any normal black and white movie. There were actors! I just think if you have to hire actors then its not a documentary an shouldn't be sold as one.
The film itself was a bit boring to me. It was a good film with an ok story. I realize it wasn't supposed to really have a big change in the characters, but when you have a film with static characters, it tends to get boring. I found myself watching my clock, wondering when it was going to be over. There were a few funny things in it as well as some very on the edge footage. Overall the documentary to me seemed like a compilation of interesting shots but I didn't understand nor was I able to really appreciate his work fully, or not as much as the "film experts" do.
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