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Summary: In the Eye of a War Photographer
Review: James Nachtwey is regarded as one of the best war photographers in the world. His calm attitude in the war field is really remarkable. What I also liked about this DVD is that a tiny camera connected on top of his still camera enables viewers to see exactly what Nachtwey sees during the action. The movie include Nachtwey's great photographs from Bosnia, Ruanda, Middle East and Far East. I recommend this DVD to all photograph enthusiasts and professional photographers.
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Review: The Frei reportage is highly intensive, comparison between action and the Nachtwey photos is interesting. For 20 dollars plus mail expense I missed, however, a still photogallery!
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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: This 2001 film is a documentary about James Nachtwey, a war photographer whose camera has documented much of the horror in the world during his 20 year career. He was in Nicaragua, Rwanda and Bosnia during some of the most profound episodes of violence and his photos have won acclaim worldwide. He's a slim, quiet and determined man and he is totally devoted to his craft. He risks his life and brings the agony right onto our television screens and magazines. Christiane Amanpour narrates some of the film and we see video clips of her as well as our photographer, covering the story of a huge mass grave that has been dug up in Bosnia. Because is through their eyes that the rest of the world will learn these stories, she talks about the tremendous responsibilities that they, as journalists, face. I sat there, transfixed by one terrible image after another. There's death, destruction, crippling poverty and crippled people. And the there are the grieving relatives. It was awful. So awful, in fact, that I actually fell asleep. Perhaps that was because all this horror was too much to handle in one sitting. I'm glad this film was made. It's a testament to one man's dedication to his profession. It's just that it's really hard to watch. And so my recommendation is limited to only those hearty souls who are willing to catch a glimpse of the world's misery.
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Summary: The world's misery through the eyes of this photographer
Review: This 2001 film is a documentary about James Nachtwey, a war photographer whose camera has documented much of the horror in the world during his 20 year career. He was in Nicaragua, Rwanda and Bosnia during some of the most profound episodes of violence and his photos have won acclaim worldwide. He's a slim, quiet and determined man and he is totally devoted to his craft. He risks his life and brings the agony right onto our television screens and magazines. Christiane Amanpour narrates some of the film and we see video clips of her as well as our photographer, covering the story of a huge mass grave that has been dug up in Bosnia. Because is through their eyes that the rest of the world will learn these stories, she talks about the tremendous responsibilities that they, as journalists, face. I sat there, transfixed by one terrible image after another. There's death, destruction, crippling poverty and crippled people. And the there are the grieving relatives. It was awful. So awful, in fact, that I actually fell asleep. Perhaps that was because all this horror was too much to handle in one sitting. I'm glad this film was made. It's a testament to one man's dedication to his profession. It's just that it's really hard to watch. And so my recommendation is limited to only those hearty souls who are willing to catch a glimpse of the world's misery.
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Summary: Your Life Will Never Be The Same
Review: This film documents one man's lifetime contribution to humanity of showing the western world the suffering of everyday people.
Families destroyed by war, atrocities and injustice that cannot be described in 30 second news bites by CNN. It is not for the weak of heart. The photographs by themselves are almost surgical in their perfection but the narration of his experiences in Kosovo, Ruwanda, Jakarta...etc. breathe life into the understanding of the human beings, the actual persons...
the uncle, the wife, the child and the reality in which these people live and die. You will be affected by this film.
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Summary: A powerful film about an incredible photographer
Review: This movie, shot on video of varying quality, profiles James Nachtwey, an American photojounalist who specializes in war and other difficult issues around the world. Many of his pictures end up in Time Magazine and other international publications. About half of it was shot by two tiny video cams mounted on Nachtwey's Canon EOS film camera, which allows you to follow his field of view, as well as see him via the second cam mounted on a gooseneck, looking back at him. When there's action, there's a lot of shaky camera, a la Blair Witch Project.
Nachtwey's made a name for himself since the early 80's by going to virtually every hot spot in the world: Beirut, South Africa, Rwanda, Kosovo, among others. But his pictures stand apart as artistic, literate, even elegant, despite the tragedy they illustrate. The horrors of Rwanda are detailed in a giant black-and-white picture book titled "Inferno". While there is no footage of Rwanda in the film, Nachtwey, who is a man of few words, described the wars and refugee crisis as "an express elevator to hell."
Most of the movie was shot in Kosovo, Indonesia and the West Bank. The most emotional parts are hearing from Nachtwey and his friends about how he copes with 20 years of photographing inhumanity. The educational parts (for photographers and media observers) is watching him work in both high sensitive and bullets-and-bombs situations.
Nachtwey comes across as a dispassionate observer of man's horrors perpetrated against his fellow man, yet passionate about what the photographic image can do.
If you're interested in visual history or photojournalism, you gotta see this movie.
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