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Edvard Munch (1974)
Fantastic pseudo-documentary
31 January 2006 - 8 out of 14 users found this review helpful.
The first half of this (extemely lengthy) film intelligently brings out the social context that Munch produced his work. Typically Watkins uses the story of Munch for political ends, to criticise the hypocrisy and decadence of the Norwegan bourgeoisie. The second half of the film focuses more on Munch's complicated love-life and unhappy relationship with his father. The second half of the film becomes hypnotic as Watkins disrupts the narrative flow with flashbacks of Munch's sickly childhood and death of close family members.
Despite the low-budget, the documentary style vividly brings to life in 19th C. Europe. Pseudo-documentary style is currently more commonplace, but Watkin's technique is still strikingly original and cuttingly ironic.
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