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Wellman / Bunarman
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HRT,
Croatian television Synopsis MS Word download 30 KB Synopsis: Synopsis (Italiano) Synopsis (French) Synopsis
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WELLMAN is not only a documentary about
an old craft that gives us an intriguing look into the techniques used
to find water and to dig a well, but it is also an ode to human labor.
Structured with almost no words, the driving force of the film is the
image, created with very unobtrusive camerawork. Eliminating all that
could burden the essence of the narrative, the author emphasizes the hard
labor the main character performs, as well as the passion of a man who
loves his job.
When you have brilliant, though on the first sight, not slightly spectacular theme, and you are familiar with the film profession as "internationally recognized" documentary director Branko Istvancic, you don't need laud openings in order to attract the attention of the viewers. I assume that I am not the only one who was surprised, that I was watching for 10 minutes at someone digging a hole, and anxiously waiting to see what will happen next. Without text in OFF and hardly any conversation on the terrain, with just occasional guitar theme of the Kreso Blazevic (member of ex "Animators" band), and the man digging deeper and deeper. Than he climbs up, and makes the wall of the bricks in the perfect circle around the wail. All that just, by hands and eyes. Miracle, I tell to you. The
protagonist at first was coming down for 15 minutes in the total silence,
digging the wail, and than the next 15 minutes he way climbing up, and
that was it. The wail was finished as well as the documentary. In the
half hour of the film, followed by the sound of the wheels we can hear
only 3 sounds very similar to growling: "Up", "Down" and " Easasier, for
fuck sake". What an master piece.
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