February 21, 2007

Land Without Bread-Movie without point

There is so much to consider after the first viewing of Land Without Bread. The most important element though is whether or not it is factual with its representation of the people. It was already said that the movie was fake, but one can not completly disregard it as fake.
Think about it, the people in the movie were real. It is not as though they were actors that were wearing make-up and costumes. The director may have staged what they were doing, but he staged what they were doing where they actually lived. It's not like there was a set or a fake location was used. The thing about it is there was a voice over that was presenting this fairy tail story of these people. Take away the voice-over and watch it in observational mode and draw your own conclusion about these people. It would probably be similar to the narration of the film. That is the factual side of the film, the people and locations. Let's look at the fictional side. First, the staging of the people in the film. Let's face it, think of a documentary where there did not seem to be any scripting or staging going on with the characters. Secondly, the voice over that in a sense exploits the people as they go about their daily lives. There is the reason the movie is considered a hoax, because the narrative shows no empathy for the characters be spoken about. Otherwise, there would be no way of argueing the movies authenticity. So even though the movie is manipulated to an extent, it is not completly fake.
The one thing everyone can agree on though, is the movie definetly had no point.

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