London

London was made by Patrick Keiller in 1992. This documentary was very interesting to say the least, and it was very confusing. It had voice of God narration, and was observational but you do not see the people they were referring to. The images often did not match the narration. For at one point they were talking about Romanticism and had a very long shot on McDonald's. He was talking about where he can always go to get things done and before had been talking about Romanticism. When you think about Romanticism McDonald's is the very last thing that would come to mind. He also used medium shots, and stayed on the subject for a very long period of time. Often the subject would change before the actual picture would. The documentary did not focus on the traditional tour sites of London, but instead focused on parts the two characters had been and had experienced very normal things.

This documentary was actually really weird. I did not really like it, and did not fully understand what the purpose was. It seemed to put a negative light on London, which is not usually the case when someone is doing a documentary on a place.