The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
September. 07,2001
This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be made without compromise. With the proliferation of TV channels, documentaries are enjoying an unprecedented boom fuelled by audiences seeking an alternative to infotainment. But now documentary filmmaking, too, finds itself constrained by the imperatives of television. However, there is a rebel resisting this uniformity of the spirit. Pre-eminent among today's documentary filmmakers concerned about this mind-numbing standardization, Peter Watkins has never strayed from either his principles or the cause.
Reviews
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
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