
National Gallery
2014, Documentary, 3h
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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. Read critic reviews
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Some of the film's most fascinating moments pay tribute to the gallery's technical prowess and craftsmanship.
August 27, 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.
August 25, 2018 | Full Review… -
The film upholds the belief that the commonalities of self-expression, storytelling, and insightful observation reverberate through time.
August 3, 2015 | Full Review… -
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… -
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… -
We're used to documentaries having a pedagogical or activist itinerary, but Wiseman's have become fastidiously unpedantic -- his simple Terence-like interest in what other human beings do and how they do it is more than enough.
February 4, 2015 | Full Review…
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