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May 3, 2018 · That made Titicut Follies the first film in US history to be banned from distribution for reasons unrelated to obscenity, immorality, or national security. But Wiseman has long maintained that...
Wiseman's films are, in his view, elaborations of a personal experience and not ideologically objective portraits of his subjects. In interviews, Wiseman has emphasized that his films are not and cannot be unbiased.
- Titicut Follies (1967) Wiseman’s first feature film was almost his last when the Massachusetts Supreme Court moved for an injunction against its release.
- Essene (1972) In contrast to the oppressive rigour of Wiseman’s earlier subjects – including High School (1968) and Basic Training (1971) – this investigation into an organised social structure is tender and serene, revolving around the activities of a Benedictine monastery.
- Primate (1974) Among Wiseman’s funniest films – “a riot,” he deadpanned – Primate is also one of his most chilling. At the Yerkes Primate Research Centre, Wiseman fixes his camera behind rows of chain-link fencing, stuck at a hopeless impasse between the humans’ total lack of empathy and monkeys stripped of their agency.
- Welfare (1975) Strung out between Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The Driller Killer (1979), Welfare is one of the great movies of American existentialism – a Sisyphean dispatch from the broken frontier.
May 10, 2024 · The process, which took nearly five years, involved the restoration and digitization of 33 Wiseman films from 1969 through 2006 that have not previously been available, except in film. Now 45 Wiseman films are available in digital formats, removing barriers so that these films can reach a wider audience, as many were only available in 16mm ...
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Mar 23, 2020 · Blind (1987) - 7.8. Wiseman released several films concerning people with disabilities in 1986 and 1987. The quadrilogy of Deaf, Adjustment & Work, Multi-Handicapped and Blind is among his most electric and infuriating work. Blind is one of the happier films in the set.
Belfast, Maine (1999) - 8.5- The Garden (2005) - 8.5
- Near Death (1989) - 8.4
May 10, 2024 · By Samantha Bergeson. May 10, 2024 9:00 am. Frederick Wiseman. Aurelie Lamachere/SIPA. Frederick Wiseman ‘s filmography will now be available for the first time ever in digital formats....
Apr 16, 2018 · Wiseman’s movies, which have been shot in mental institutions and on military bases, in hospitals and public parks, comprise one of the most monumental bodies of work by a single artist, but ...
