Not that good an idea. You can say the movie moved you. We all say that, you, me, and Pauline Kael.I didn't know much about Billie Holiday before seeing it and I feel like I got a good idea of who she was.
"Kael was right, and she loved the movie." I tried to explain how that's reductive of her actual view as expressed in her lengthy review for The New Yorker.
Similarly I'm not convinced the way Pennebaker "strikes" you is a valid judgment if you're not recognizing his historical importance. Your dismissal of his use of a handheld camera doesn't even recognize the importance of his pioneering work. Would you take the trouble of reading Variety's obituary assessment?
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