Frederick Wisemanss 1969 rarely seen film Law & Order (filmed in Kansas City) remains one of the best films Ive ever seen and quite prescient too.zipporah/films/24 Many of his films ferret out the gaps between institutional theory and practice, demonstrating the shaping force of institutions themselves, which dictate to, as much as they serve, both clients and administrators. Wiseman is also interested in these institutions as social microcosms and as interwoven parts of the larger social fabric, and through a variety of stylistic techniques he encourages a reading of each institution as a synecdoche of American society generally. More dialectical than didactic, Wiseman’s films assume a spectator attentive to film form. Though at first glance his films may seem to resemble the fly-on-the-wall approach of Direct Cinema, they often rely more heavily on elements of cinematic style such as editing and framing to express a consistent vision of how institutions operate. (Barry Keith Grant)
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:38:10 +0000
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