Review of Bloody Sunday (2002) by Gale T — 07 Jul 2007
Was eager to see this after being introduced to Paul Greengrass with United 93, arguably the most important film of last year. Equally apparent in both pictures is the astonishing level to which Greengrass achieves documentary verisimilitude in his fictionalizations of world historical events.
His style eschews sentiment and myth-making in favor of recreating the painstaking minutiae that comprise the way historical events like 9/11 or the massacre of Irish civilians by British soldiers in 1972 would have actually played out in reality.
Convincingly, his films give the impression that what you're seeing on screen is exactly as if it were shot by invisible cameramen who happened to be there in the streets of Northen Ireland or the cabin of Flight 93 as these traumatic events unfolded, recording every detail with a detached interest.
Greengrass has mastered this style of the docudrama, and there is no doubt he is one of the most talented voices working in the tradition of cinema verite.
This review of Bloody Sunday (2002) was written by Gale T on 07 Jul 2007.
Bloody Sunday has generally received very positive reviews.
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