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National Gallery finds director Frederick Wiseman doing what he does best: Drawing the viewer in with richly detailed, patiently constructed observations on modern institutions.
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To say Frederick Wiseman makes observational documentaries is like saying Alfred Hitchcock made thrillers -- accurate, but not the heart of the matter. March 6, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
To say Frederick Wiseman makes observational documentaries is like saying Alfred Hitchcock made thrillers -- accurate, but not the heart of the matter.
Jake Wilson
At three hours, the result is long, but perhaps less exhausting than a visit to the actual gallery, because of how thoroughly the mind is engaged even as the senses are saturated. February 5, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
At three hours, the result is long, but perhaps less exhausting than a visit to the actual gallery, because of how thoroughly the mind is engaged even as the senses are saturated.
Matthew Lickona
The trick with this kind of subtle, fly-on-the-wall film-making is gradually to change our preconceptions about the subject. January 9, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The trick with this kind of subtle, fly-on-the-wall film-making is gradually to change our preconceptions about the subject.
Wendy Ide
Frederick Wiseman's fascinating and uplifting documentary takes us into the heart of London's National Gallery, showing us everything from the painstaking work of frame-makers to heated boardroom meetings and even dance performances. January 9, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Frederick Wiseman's fascinating and uplifting documentary takes us into the heart of London's National Gallery, showing us everything from the painstaking work of frame-makers to heated boardroom meetings and even dance performances.
Geoffrey Macnab
An intriguing and valuable record. January 8, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An intriguing and valuable record.
Peter Bradshaw
One of cinema's Old Masters returns with this poetic and profound dissection of art and storytelling. January 8, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
One of cinema's Old Masters returns with this poetic and profound dissection of art and storytelling.
Mark Asch
The lack of something unifying everything together thematically holds National Gallery back from becoming something truly excellent. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…
The lack of something unifying everything together thematically holds National Gallery back from becoming something truly excellent.
C.J. Prince
There is no explanation for this documentary, no obvious goals, nor a narrator to guide us. We just watch and listen. Also, National Gallery is Wiseman's most beautiful documentary since La Danse, August 28, 2018 | Full Review…
There is no explanation for this documentary, no obvious goals, nor a narrator to guide us. We just watch and listen. Also, National Gallery is Wiseman's most beautiful documentary since La Danse,
Charles Mudede
Some of the film's most fascinating moments pay tribute to the gallery's technical prowess and craftsmanship. August 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Some of the film's most fascinating moments pay tribute to the gallery's technical prowess and craftsmanship.
Isabel Stevens
Wiseman's fly-on-the-wall style is the perfect formal approach to cut through the surface of pretence that dominates any kind of major institution's vision of itself, and it is this fascination with institutions that has marked Wiseman's lengthy career. August 25, 2018 | Full Review…
Wiseman's fly-on-the-wall style is the perfect formal approach to cut through the surface of pretence that dominates any kind of major institution's vision of itself, and it is this fascination with institutions that has marked Wiseman's lengthy career.
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Wiseman does what he does best: creates a holistic sense of a place as an organic habitat rather than a mere organization. September 30, 2017 | Full Review…
Wiseman does what he does best: creates a holistic sense of a place as an organic habitat rather than a mere organization.
Kiva Reardon
As National Gallery/ will show, paintings can communicate many things to many different people, and this latest institution makes for a unique look at the role of art in public life. June 6, 2016 | Rating: B | Full Review…
As National Gallery/ will show, paintings can communicate many things to many different people, and this latest institution makes for a unique look at the role of art in public life.
Peter Labuza
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