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Thanks to the increase in TV channels and television markets, the documentary has been enjoying a remarkable development. But at what price ? Canadian documentarian Geoff Bowie raises questions about the impact of new norms that television has been imposing worldwide. To enrich his inquiry, he slipped onto the set of La Commune, a six-hour film about the aborted revolution of 1871, which famous British director Peter Watkins made in Paris. In the studio, Watkins invited more than 200 citizens to create their own television rather than passively take it in. In counterpoint, Bowie takes his camera to Cannes, into the aisles of the MIP-TV, an essential market for the key players in the television industry. Here, the documentary is a neatly packaged product, which must correspond to certain norms, notably the norm of a fixed running time set by the famous "universal clock".

Canada - 2000 - 1 h 17 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation Geoff Bowie Scénario Geoff Bowie Image George Dufaux, Gilles Papajak, Louis Durocher Son Diane Carrière, André Boisvert Montage Petra Valier Musique Philippe Lapointe Avec Peter Watkins

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