Synopsis
A documentary documenting documentary work on a documentary – this overcomplicated description sometimes characterizes the experimental cinéma vérité film by William Greaves, a great tribute to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Thanks to the parallel work of three independent crews, the audition for a fictional film taking place in Central Park changes into a thrilling experience of making a film directed by a deliberately confused director manipulating the events around him. The film crew and passers-by become the main actors, joined in one multiplied whole using an imaginative style. “When you do a reality show on TV today, you know you’re part of a show and that they’re going to start creating obstacles for you or trying to complicate the situation purposefully and consciously. Here, you’re just watching a situation where people are absolutely convinced that Bill is out of control, doesn’t know what he’s doing, and you’re a fly on the wall.” W. Greaves
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