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The Eclipse (2022)
Mishmash of thoughts and images
I had a feeling that this was a kind of "documentary" that is mostly watched and praised by people who have produced it and their colleagues from "artsy" film festival network. Still, as someone who is genuinely interested in ex-Yugoslavian problems, I wanted to give it a chance.
Unfortunately, my feeling was right. It's just another exploitation of Yugoslavian past in a form of experimental, personal (of course), and visual essay that is barely comprehensible.
John Grierson did define documentary as "the creative treatment of actuality', but this mishmash of thoughts and images can truly appeal to a very few viewers.
Jakten på Tonetreet (2021)
"Documentary"
Nice story but... I understand that the audience nowadays is used to all kind of documentary film making styles, but this was so fake, acted out and scripted that it was simply unbearable to watch.
Spartiates (2014)
Questionable methods
Well-made film from a documentary film making standpoint. However, it seems like that both the director and the main protagonist himself failed to understand that his methods of "teaching" kids the art of MMA are pedagogically wrong, counterproductive and in many ways atypical of what you can usually see in most MMA clubs. Especially when it comes to teaching kids.
The main character might have good intentions, but motivating these kids with aggression, yelling, bulling, and mind gaming is not the way to keep them "on the right path".