Not exact matches
Between them they drafted a (n oft - betrayed) manifesto dedicated to «rescuing» motion pictures from artifice
by forbidding special lighting and props brought in from off - site,
by advocating
handheld camerawork, and
by urging an avoidance of recognizable genre definitions.
The direction, cinematography and editing is stunning (though perhaps there's a bit too much
handheld camerawork for Mark's taste), and the 157 minute running time whizzed
by, which is quite a rarity for someone like me who believes brevity to be the soul of wit.
With its
handheld camerawork (
by Magnus Nordenhof Jønck), sparse music cues and affectingly naturalistic performances, A War employs quasi-documentary «realism» to powerful effect.