This is an award-winning documentary on Iraq war. Yes, it’s amazing. But the best thing about it is the technique- hundreds of photographs edited to the character’s narration. Simple and powerful, less intrusive than video, thus especially useful for documentaries. I was always interested in this method, created one photograph feature from scratch and directed another one. But now I see this approach works a lot better with real material, real people. It’s definitely a direction worth investigating and experimenting with.
