Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year,we’re still haunted by Joshua Oppenheimer’s chilling companion piece to The Act of KillingThere’s become an increasingly tiring and narcissistic trend in documentary film-making: the refusal of the documentarian to stay behind the scenes.
Perhaps it’s yet another reason to blame social media for being the cause of all societal ills but there’s often an overdose of vanity in the place of something more substantial. There are occasions when his or her inclusion is unavoidable but most of the year’s greatest examples of the genre (Amy, Dreamcatcher, and Going Clear) acquire succeeded by placing the onus on the subject in front of the camera,not behind.
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Source: theguardian.com