Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 10, 2022 4:03:44 GMT
Another gem I have been seeking for a long time has surfaced online.
vimeo.com/ondemand/falls/242795984?autoplay=1
THE FALLS (1991)
Directed by Kevin McMahon
A history of mankind's interactions with Niagara Falls, from initial awe, to harnessing of the Falls' power, which leads to the destruction of nearby areas such as Love Canal.
7.5/10 on the imdb.
Not like any documentary you've seen
A hypnotic experience that far surpassed what I would've otherwise expected.
The film intermarries the naturally sacred and the unnaturally profane with breathtaking dexterity. An innocuous water slide, for instance, suggests technologically induced pollution; happy tourists in yellow slickers walk through a tunnel to an observation deck, appearing unearthly and ominous, like aliens from a science-fiction film or mad medical technicians on their way to perform sadistic experiments; and the sterile hydroelectric installations recall both the dystopian nightmare city of Metropolis and the high-tech space station utopia of 2001: A Space Odyssey. -- Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail
"It's as absurdly funny as Errol Morris's Gates of Heaven (about pet cemeteries), as ironically funny as Laurie Anderson's musings about the modern world, and as sad, just plain old sad, as any document about humankind's need to subjugate nature could be."
--Elizabeth Aird of the Vancouver Sun
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991
vimeo.com/ondemand/falls/242795984?autoplay=1
THE FALLS (1991)
Directed by Kevin McMahon
A history of mankind's interactions with Niagara Falls, from initial awe, to harnessing of the Falls' power, which leads to the destruction of nearby areas such as Love Canal.
7.5/10 on the imdb.
Not like any documentary you've seen
A hypnotic experience that far surpassed what I would've otherwise expected.
The film intermarries the naturally sacred and the unnaturally profane with breathtaking dexterity. An innocuous water slide, for instance, suggests technologically induced pollution; happy tourists in yellow slickers walk through a tunnel to an observation deck, appearing unearthly and ominous, like aliens from a science-fiction film or mad medical technicians on their way to perform sadistic experiments; and the sterile hydroelectric installations recall both the dystopian nightmare city of Metropolis and the high-tech space station utopia of 2001: A Space Odyssey. -- Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail
"It's as absurdly funny as Errol Morris's Gates of Heaven (about pet cemeteries), as ironically funny as Laurie Anderson's musings about the modern world, and as sad, just plain old sad, as any document about humankind's need to subjugate nature could be."
--Elizabeth Aird of the Vancouver Sun
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991