The Camera That Changed the World

July. 26,2011      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The summer of 1960 was a critical moment in the history of film, when the fly-on-the-wall documentary was born. The Camera that Changed the World tells the story of the filmmakers and ingenious engineers who led this revolution by building the first hand-held cameras that followed real life as it happened.

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Reviews

Micitype
2011/07/26

Pretty Good

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Ketrivie
2011/07/27

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

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Scotty Burke
2011/07/28

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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Scarlet
2011/07/29

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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