EDVARD MUNCH, the 1974 'documentary-style' film by Peter Watkins

Edvard Munch remains one of Watkins’s most ambitious attempts to film pre-cinematic history using the methods—and the ethics—of modern documentary reportage. One of the British director’s most relied-upon moves in the film is to open a shot from wobbly mid-distance—he shot the movie on grainy 16mm using a handheld camera—and zoom rapidly into a tight close-up after a second’s pause, like a fly-on-the-wall videographer zeroing impulsively in on a revealing bit of evidence. It’s hard to remember a period film with fewer establishing shots than this, or, for that matter, any sorts of attempts at prefatory scene-setting.

http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/art-of-the-real-edvard-munch-by-peter-watkins

One of my favorite films ever.

Yup.

Watch La Commune and raise a thread for that too Morbz.

ive seen La Commune. not sure it needs a re-view.

tiiiiiiiiiiiime vs projected lifespan

I do love both. La Commune is fresher in my mind...I suppose it was a great way to go.

CCA in Glasgow screening all 19 parts of The Journey over several evenings - see you there!

https://www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/the-journey-part-1-2-3

Nice! And 5 quid too, miracle!!

I took a film class where The Journey was the only film screened through the whole semester; the professor maintained that, whereas most classes were just discussions of political issues, by showing the film to us he was actually bringing about political change. I'm not sure how it would come across now; even in the early 90s, it felt like it belonged to an earlier era, and required some interpretation to see its full contemporary relevance.