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Jawa Ex Machina

Jawa Ex Machina

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Wow. Just watched this GREAT documentary.
For those of you who haven't seen it, without spoilers, I can say it's a documentary made by a guy about a friend of his, after his friend is brutally murdered by a woman he used to date. The film was made for the guy's son after the woman was released from jail and got custody of the kid who would grow up to never know his dad or that his mom murdered him in cold blood.

This might very well be the most heart breaking film I've ever seen.
 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
Wow. Just watched this GREAT documentary.
For those of you who haven't seen it, without spoilers, I can say it's a documentary made by a guy about a friend of his, after his friend is brutally murdered by a woman he used to date. The film was made for the guy's son after the woman was released from jail and got custody of the kid who would grow up to never know his dad or that his mom murdered him in cold blood.

This might very well be the most heart breaking film I've ever seen.
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I loved it too!

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?177201
 
I don't think it was particularly well exectuted but agreed, absolutely heart-wrenching. I couldn't begin to think what I would do in that situation.
 
tmnt said:
I don't think it was particularly well exectuted but agreed, absolutely heart-wrenching. I couldn't begin to think what I would do in that situation.
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That's where I stand as well. It's not the best filmmaking, but it's incredibly affecting.

And now to contradict myself, perhaps the sole fact that it is 'incredibly affecting' means it's great filmmaking.
 
For those interested, Kurt Kuenne recently posted a 15-minute epilogue showing what has happened in the 5 years since the doc came out:

 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
If it's "incredibly affecting", how can it not be great storytelling?
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But would it have been even better storytelling if it were more competent visually? I haven't seen this yet, but it reminds me of the complaints I have about American: The Bill Hicks Story. Great on content, but they animated cut-out photos, which can work occasionally, but mostly just looked weird to me, and then it takes nearly 40 minutes or so to ever show anyone who is being interviewed...and when you see the footage of the interview, you realize why. It was s*%t.

So I recommend it, but always give the disclaimer that it's very good content-wise, but poor visually. Would it have been better for me to whole-heartedly recommend it overall?
 
Wish y'all would have made a disclaimer NOT to watch this documentary first thing in the morning. I was useless all day today.

The filmmaker did a good job telling the story, which is all that really matters. He made me sad for the loss of life and angry at the lack of justice. The follow up video is proof that a movie can make a difference. Highly recommended.
 
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