Le petit Soldat de Jean Luc Godard
Filmed in a Cinema Verité style. They mention Geneva. A nice conclusion.
On advertising and how it has degraded the viewer’s experience
Advertising and documentaries don’t mix and this is especially true in the US. When you have ad breaks every 5-10 minutes telling a story is impossible. You have to think of the people tuning in half way, and you need to think of those leaving after just one ad break. As a result of this the documentary has to be sensationalised. It also needs to be a loop. Mythbusters are a series that I enjoyed watching for many months. As…