La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
Using the "You Are There" approach of earlier radio and TV days, Watkins has a male and female news team from "Commune TV" wandering through the poorest district of Paris inviting people to express their grievances against the state to the camera. While the people bitterly suffer because of the government's inept defeat at the hands of the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War, their anger inspires solidarity for them throughout Paris, and although they briefly rise up and seize power, they are brutally put down in the end. (IMDB Comments)
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1. 21st Century Top 250 (public: moderated by dardan - 42 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
3. Left-wing politics (public: moderated by djross - 22 stars)
4. Post-1960s black & white photography (public: moderated by djross - 19 stars)
5. Over 3 Hours Long (public: moderated by djross - 17 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 17 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (public: moderated by harryouchie - 17 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (public: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
10. Metacritic - Universal Acclaim (public: moderated by sengir - 12 stars)
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At times too reminiscent of student left meetings, but this highly political film is also a kind of final document of the politics of the 20th century and its relationship to the 19th. Despite the overt critique of television and "the media", a bit more analysis could in fact have taken the film much further, which might have ameliorated some of its weaknesses and increased its relevance today. A double feature with BATTLE OF CHILE, PARTS 1 TO 3 could be fascinating if you have a spare 12 hours.
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Horrible art house, could barely watch 10 minutes. Really hope a decent movie about the commune gets made one day.
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"What kind of revolution really would work? What would a successful communist society really look like?"
"I don't think Peter Watkins even knows."
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/07/episode-65-peter-watkins-act-3-la.html
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Boldly original, unique cinema experience by Peter Watkins. Btw very informative too.
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Watkins' masterpiece. One of the most surprising, engaging films I have ever seen in my life. I'm ashamed to say I rank it so high because I've just never seen anything like it.
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All in all, this is pretty interesting stuff, and thankfully is closer to The War Game than Punishment Park. Except for a couple of subpar performances the actors are very good. But it's entirely clear where Watkins' sympathies lie. This is not an unbiased presentation, but one with a definite agenda. Plus, having people spouting doctrine at you for a large part of 6 hours can get really tedious. Most of the time, it's surprisingly engaging, but some of it is very repetitive or long-winded.
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