It has a slender, appealing story, moments of agonizing suspense, vivid atmosphere and superlative photography.
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02/26/08
The Louisiana Story (1948)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:11
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: A Cajun boy living in the Marshlands of Petit Anse Bayou observes the growing industrialization of his state as he watches oil drillers at work in this production filmed entirely in Louisiana.... [More]
Starring: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel Le Blanc, E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy
Director: Robert Flaherty
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Reviews for The Louisiana Story
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Top CriticAs adept as it is in photographing nature, Louisiana Story is weak in capturing culture.
02/26/08
One of all time best, and one of earliest, documentaries; with Robert Flaherty's deft style.
02/24/08
...it's the virtuosic craftsmanship that makes Louisiana Story a genre classic.
04/09/06
Flaherty's narrative may seem slightly naive; but his vision of a child's myth-world, and the oilmen's intrusion and acceptance into it, is perhaps his greatest achievement.
02/09/06
No review available.
09/23/05
Louisiana Story may be Flaherty's greatest work.
09/18/05
No review available.
07/23/05
That Robert J. Flaherty managed to make a fascinating movie that also subtly chastises the massive oil interests (using their money to do it) is one for the record books.
10/29/03
It displays many of Flaherty’s great strengths as a filmmaker, but it also showcases some of his weaknesses, which makes it an uneven film that is not in league with his earlier works.
10/12/03
The ring of sincerity is clear in Flaherty's film.
05/20/03
Top CriticDated, but it looks great.
05/16/03
...the film has some of the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen in a movie yet, at the same time, some of the clunkiest, most awkwardly staged scenes I’ve ever seen outside of my high school’s production of Oklahoma.
05/14/03
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