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Struggled with the editing/storytelling style of this film
posted by Daddie0STAFFMOD on April 18, 2021 at 6:23 PM
I watched this to get a better understanding of the Troubles in Ireland and, of course, Bloody Sunday. While I know this film is a bit older, the editing style and the storytelling framework were hard to get past. While I know the fade-out/fade-in gave delineation between "sides" in the event, it was quite cumbersome and clunky. The pacing was hard to stay with as well, although it did build tension to the brokenness of that fateful day. I admit ignorance to the events, and to this filmmaker or their projects, but is anyone aware of the artistic choices that were made? While I know the content/subject of this film could never be rated, I am surprised how well this film is. Anyone have ideas about why this is so?
Reply by Daddie0
on April 18, 2021 at 6:25 PM
Just a quick follow up: I realize that it could be a cultural difference I'm seeing in the filmmaking as well. Is that what it is regarding style/storytelling?
Reply by JustinJackFlash
on April 21, 2021 at 11:08 AM
Paul Greengrass is know for making films in a documentary style in order to give the impression that this is something that is really happening. As we tend to associate documentaries with real life. I can't remember Bloody Sunday too well but I know that this is the kind of style he'd have used there.
The style either works for you or it doesn't. For me it made the car chase at the end of The Bourne Supremacy intense as hell.
And yeah, Bloody Sunday isn't his best of films. Not that I disliked it. But you should give some of his stuff a go. His work has been kind of influential to today's cinematic landscape. Though few do it as well.
I have to say I disagree with Mecha on United 93.