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David Holzman's Diary (1967)
The fuss is that it's a satirical piece
13 June 2002 - 13 out of 20 users found this review helpful.
I guess you would get confused if you didn't understand the hype and hoopla surrounding the cinema verité movement during this era.
David Holzman's Diary serves to lampoon cinema verité by showing one dull, overly introspective scene after another. It's a thinly-veiled attack on what director Jim McBride saw as a pretentious cinematic form.
The fact that cinema verité is not widely regarded today (except in film schools) is a testimony to how dated this film now appears. That said, Roman Coppola endlessly references this film in his debut, "CQ". Perhaps McBride's film will enjoy a bit of a renaissance.
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