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while at noon that day i had the idea of going early to bed, i saw after the news that the following programm was about a photographer who risk his life making pictures "into" wars and i couldn't wait to see it. my first surprise at all, was he Mr.James Nachtwey and to realize that his work goes much more far away of only adevnture and trying to get the best pictures to be sale. i had the feeling he hates war, poorness, hunger and hate. He would like to show the world what we could do much better, to respect each other snd to learn to talk to each other. His way of beeing impressed me completely my respect and admiration. He said he has in a way a bad feeling of beeing so recognize trogh the suffering of others. i think his work is just fantastic and i wish his pictures could be ssen in many places to wake up and start to be "others" in our behaviour. I wish him all the best and again my deeply admiration. | ||
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I saw the film by accident on monday evening, while I was zapping. As I saw the images I couldn't change channel anymore because I was "bounded". These pictures of war and poverty show us once more what's become of this world. We cannot not look at it, we must realize that something must change. Nachtwey said that he felt terrible about the fact he earned money doing pictures of suffering people. I'm sure his purpose is not principally the money; with his pictures, he wants to hit us in the most effective way: by visual effects. The question if thanks to these pictures anything can be changed in this world is hard to answer. What I think is that there are changements inside us, in our souls, which cannot be ignored, and which may push us changing our attitudes, being less superficial and more conscious of our luck. That changes something! We should absolutely stop chasing our own happiness in every moment of the day. Is it so unacceptable when we feel unhappy sometimes or when we have to face some difficult times? It can be acceptable for us, who live in welfare, because there are always people in the world who suffer much more, and for much longer period. James Nachtway seems to be a wonderful person, with a great heart, with principles and an extraordinary courage. I hope he recognizes more and more how valuable his work is. | ||
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I watched this film on Swiss Television last night and was torn between a feeling of "Stop!This is too much - the photographs are of an unbearable intensity!" But also a feeling of obligation to the photographer to face up to the horrors shown in these images.He had after all risked his life to bear witness to the events he has recorded in these pictures! How does a man cope with witnessing such distress and desperation? Thank you for giving me some insight into the photographers mind and thank you to the photographer for confronting me with these images. How can the portrayal of such horrors also be so beautiful? | ||
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I saw the movie last night for the second time - maybe it was a sign because both times I fell on it by chance. But I think I will certainly turn it on purposedly when it shows again on Wednesday. I am a singer/songwriter, writing these songs they call "contest" songs. Most of the time I receive only indifference. Many people, including my own mother have told me: "why do you write songs about war? No one wants to hear songs about war!" I would like to dedicate this song to Mr James Natchwey and tell him just one thing - thank you. Thank you for giving me strength to continue my non-violent struggle: CHAOS IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE All is quiet in my village But I can't find my peace of mind Although the food here tastes like heaven And the past is left behind From the bakery to the market At last I walk a humane pace But slowing down is not enough Enough to stop the human race I fear for you my child in this uncertain world Nature escaping from our hands And the tame becoming wild All is quiet in my village But I can't fine my peace of mind Policement beating activists For wanting a world less unkind Is it my own unsatisfaction Or is it something in the air Too many cries for help around us Happiness is no private affair I fear for you my child in this uncertain world Nature escaping from our hands And the tame becoming wild All is quiet in my village But I can't find my peace of mind Nuclear waste in our gardens Children playing with landmines Some prefer war to losing face Other solutions could be worse But couldn't words fill out the space Between a bullet and a corpse I fear for you my child in this uncertain world Nature escaping from our hands And the tame becoming wild I fear for you my child in this unfaithful world Nature escaping from our hands And the tame becoming wild | ||
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I saw the film last night and it touched me deeply. It gave me courage to go on believing in good in people and to be less scared. I think that James Nachtwey does a great job and that this film should be shown to all the people who've got more than necessary. It made me feel more conscious about how much we've got and what we can give to other people (I'm living in Switzerland). I realise more and more how egocentric people are and how little they look further than over their little safe world. It's so easy to escape into some commercial, superficial, entertaining world. I'm doing little good in my life, small things like listening and talking to lonely old people, to buy the jobless-people's surprise-magazine, to help friends in trouble. I'm not brave enough to do more, but maybe you've got some suggestions what organisation I could join to support in what way ever. I wish James Nachtwey all the best for his present and future photographic protests, helps, shouting-outs, suffers, hopes! | ||
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Hello I just saw the war photographer on the Swiss TV Channel. Till now I never appreciated the work from war photographer's, because I think it's mostly just for sensation pleasure for the people. I was travelling for 2 years mostly in Asian countries and saw also a lot of poverty, but in the same time also a lot of happiness. On our next slide show (where we show mostly "nice" picture, i will tell also about the "other" side and try to bring more understanding and respect to other culture and people. Good work, Thank you | ||
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James Nachtwey is a great human being. Committed to war photography for over 20 years, he proves in this film that the power of empathy is stronger than the power of cynicism. Still able to photograph with compassion and unobtrusiveness, after all those years witnessing misery and evil close up, demands respect. When I first saw Mr. Nachtwey in flesh and blood, at a slide presentation at UC Berkeley in 2000, the thing that struck me immediately was his soft tone and his sparse comments about his photographs. I guess this was not your typical stereotype of a hardened, irritable and egoistic war photographer. It became obvious to me that Mr. Nachtwey is a man of extraordinary principle, courage and sheer force of will. His photographs speaks a thousand times louder than any political declaration. Photography is potentially a universal language that trancends cultural barriers. Mr. Nachtwey's photographs of a mob killing a man right in front of his eyes in, despite pleading them desperatly to stop, communicates an universal message. It says: "The world is watching" and "I will not allow myself to be intimidated by murderers". Only an immense moral conviction can create such images, and James Nachtwey has got it. This kind of photography is difficult. James Nachtwey is one of the few photographers who are able to grab people by instinct rather by intellect. In the film, Nachtwey talks about "the discipline of the frame". In order to make good photographs one always have to take into account their compositions. What makes James Nachtwey stand out is his continually well composed war photographs. Remember, this is not fashion shots, where you have endless time to arrange and compose your frame. Mr. Nachtwey's photographs are taken with pinpoint accuracy and calmness in extreme hostile circumstances. For me, this is where the humanity of Mr. Nachtwey reveals itself. Despite chaos around him, he is committed, no matter what, to document with critical distance. People who view these photographs can immediately see what the photographer is trying to tell. In Nachtwey's case he often tells a story of indescribable suffering and destruction. His war photographs, whose esthetic beauty is meant to strengthen the impact of the image, strongly communicates defiance in face of evil and a willingness to record this evil for others to see. For aspiring documentary photographers as myself, James Nachtwey is a beacon of hope on behalf of the "concerned photography tradition". But as Mr. Nachtwey himself mentioned in the film, fewer avenues are open today for documentary photographers. Time pressure from magazines and picture editors make it more difficult to take pictures that demands research and thorough preparation. The committed documentary photographers best bet in the future, possibly, is to become member of a small group of freelance photographers. Recently James Nachtwey quit from the prestigious Magnum Agency and became instead a member of VII, an agency run by photographers for photographers (originally 7 members). Finally, I want to share some information of where people can get hold of more James Nachtwey material. Of websites, I recommend www.viiphotos.com, for its extensive galleries, www.time.com, for whom Mr. Nachtwey is a contract photographer, and www.digitaljournalist.org, with audio interviews of Mr. Nachtwey and photographs from the World Trade Center attacks, 9/11. Of books, I recommend "Inferno", for black and white photographs, and "Magnum Decrees", for color, both readily availible at www.amazon.com. Thank you Christian Frei and your filmteam, for recognising and showing the greatness of James Nachtwey, both his photographs and the person. To James Nachtwey, My eternal gratitude. | ||
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I saw the movie War Photographer at Jakarta International Film Festival 4, Nov, 2002; and I'm so touch with the sight in the movie. We all are. And I'm so glad that the pictures can speak for all the people in it. Especially it speaks for Sumarno, who must feed his family with his condition. It's a great movie. | ||
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I just saw a program about you Mr Nachtwey and I´m wondering if you have any of your pictures on the web? Your pictures is really amazing and I would like to see more of them. Thank you and keep up the good work! | ||
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I have just seen your film on a Swedish channel. I was flipping through the channels, and stopped on what I thought was a documentary about a photographer. But it turned out to much more than that... Although I only saw the ending ten minutes, it had so strong an affect on me, that I sat there with tears in my eyes as it ended. I just want to say that I admire the work that has been done, and hopefully will be done in the future, and that I feel compelled to review my own work and change what needs to be changed so that I can be a better help to all those in need of it. Thank you for opwning the eyes that were only halfopen! Luv, Maud | ||
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Dear Mr. Nachtwey, I have just come from a screening of War Photographer. When I went into the film, I was not familiar with your work, and I had no idea what to expect. Now, I am unable to do anything this night but write. Thank you for opening the reality of suffering to us, for making us witnesses, for making us participants. For refusing to allow misery to appear remote and commonplace. Thank you for holding on to your sanity, for refusing numbness. For forging a crushing beauty out of rampant fear and despair. Thank you for retaining the clarity of your purpose, for making compassion the final measure of your work. Thank you for making your life an offering and a force. I believe that the most effective war protest imaginable would be a vast gathering of people who carried no banners, who chanted no slogans, made no speeches. But who simply stood silently, heads high, eyes open, holding out your photographs. Making their presence felt. -Dacia Herbulock Minneapolis, MN Thank you to Christian Frei and all who worked on War Photographer, who have made the connection between the film's audience and it's subject feel so incredibly seamless. A successful and moving documentary in every way. | ||
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I saw this film in October at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Film Festival. I keep thinking about the woman who wrote to Nachtwey after seeing his photo spread in a magazine of a man with only one arm and one leg. This man and his family lived between railroad tracks and barely existed - as did so many others in that region of the world. The woman writing to Nachtwey said her soul could not rest - she sent him $20 for the family he documented with photos. She said she would send $20 each month (from her social security check, I think), apologizing that it was all she could give. I think about her because I think about the man she sent money to and I want to help in any way that I can, also. I'm greatly affected by the images I saw in this film - the people, the situations really exist - and my soul cannot rest until I feel like part of the solution, rather than the problem. | ||
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I have seen the documentary at a film festival in Lebanon. A combination of amazement,unbelief,pain and appreciation to what is portrayed, with the artsitic aspect that delivered so truly the message. Most of all,it opens our eyes to the little each individual can offer to make of the world a better place to live. | ||
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i saw this film in JiFFest in indonesia a couple days ago. the film is so touching. this doc. must be watched by all the people all around the world, especially by birocracy people. salute for you mr.frei. keep make documentary. | ||
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"War photograph" is such a good t.v. programme i have never seen before. James Nachtwey did a good job. in fact, i wanna to be a war photographer since i was in the primary school but i just can't found any way,any information, even i have checked on the internet thousand times... anyway, Nachtwey he did a good job, God bless him and the people who this film. Thank you! | ||
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Hi, I Saw the Warphoto movie on Tv here in sweden today. I cant find words to put on my feelings. Great work, Realy. Realy totching pictures and realy great photowork. Hope to see your work soon again. | ||
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Words can not express my reaction. This was the most moving and engaging television programme i have seen. As a tv producer myself i aspire to one day make a powerful piece of filmwork such as Christian. Till then i can only hope that this will be released on DVD. Congratulations to all involved and long may James continue his good work. | ||
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I saw the film yesterday evening and am still in awe at Jim's tenacity, style, and composure. After the film, my fellow photographer friends and I went out for beers and lamented, debated, questioned, and berated Canadian press for setting an agenda with the Canadian culture that insulates us from events happening in the world. Case in point... today, all popular media in Canada is running as a cover story the fact that Ron Maclean, long time host of Hockey Night in Canada is not signing his contract! BIG DEAL! It's a waste of ink in my opinion. As long as mass media continues to brain wash North Americans in order to sell more advertising people will not realize they can have an impact on changing the world. In the film, there is a scene where Americans are viewing Jim's work in a gallery and you can see the look of despair on their faces. A sense of hopelessness perhaps. In my humble opinion, the west has more power than we are aware of to change the world and bring more peace and harmony into it. Why do we relinquish or absolve ourselves of any responsibility is a question I often ask myself... yet the path of least resistance is so simple. It's an easy fall back position. Thank you James Nachtwey and Christian Frei for bringing this documentary together. Sincerely, Gene | ||
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I have always loved the dedication of the reportage photographer and this is just one of those occasions where you can see the work being carried out. But it takes that bit more in the human spirit to put oneself in the dangers of war and conflict to let the rest of the world know what’s happening. I saw the ‘War Photographer’ this evening and was riveted to the chair and when it was finished found that I still couldn’t move with the images and thoughts running round my mind, but that’s what this program was supposed to do, make one aware of what’s happening around the world. | ||
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I have never before responded to a TV programme in this way but want to way thanks not for the undoubted and enormous skill, dedication, depth and bravery but for telling people that we are "required to care" Thank you Molly McGavigan | ||
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I don't think that I have ever seen a documentary that has had so much emotional impact on me as War Photographer has. It is a beautifully shot documentary. Most documentaries of the sort tend to be jumbled in their content, and very poorly shot. I’m even happier at the fact that this is a Swiss production – it is quite rare for anything in Switzerland to make it past the borders. As an aspiring photographer, seeing the photographs of the great James Nachtwey, and the way in which he works, is an insight into a little known and little talked about world. His compositions are marvellous, and few photographers can compare to his genius. His dedication to showing reality is unequalled. One wonders how a photographer who has seen so much death and destruction felt during the attacks on the Twin towers in NYC. Again, his photographs from that day were of a rare quality. People like Nachtwey have seen so much in their lives – and just make it painfully obvious as to how little the majority of us in the Western world have seen. I have never been in a war zone, but my father has. As a TV journalist he has done much travel in unstable regions. I have always wondered if I would be able to deal with such hardship. Last November I was in Algeria, a nation crippled by terrorism (since 1992 over 150,000 people are said to have been killed). I was unfortunate to find myself in Algeria during the worst floods in living memory: over 700 people died in one day. I was surrounded by journalists (I was accompanying my dad to a conference), but found myself unable to go out and take the photographs that I wanted – not because I didn’t want to, but because I was not allowed to (for security reasons). Here I was, at the centre of a disaster and I couldn’t even take photographs to show what had happened. It was frustrating. On that Saturday afternoon, I was finally able to go out – but again unable to walk around and take photographs. The first sight of a body was shocking. It’s something that I have never been confronted to in the past. At Bab-el-Oued, one of the areas where there were said to be two hundred dead, the sight was bizarre. The streets were incredibly busy, and everywhere people were standing and staring – looking at the bodies being pulled out. I wanted to take photographs, to show -- to document what had happened – but I also felt that I couldn’t, that I shouldn’t. I suppose that I regret not taking any photographs, because few photographs were circulated of this disaster – except in Algeria itself. In part, one of the things that I was always thinking of was my girlfriend – she is Algerian, and only recently moved out of Algiers. These were her people, this was her city. The Algerian people have suffered so much, from the war of independence and more recently terrorism. The story of my girlfriend and her family in Algeria is saddening – so much death and destruction. She has suffered much, and one of the things that she wishes was that more photographers from the west had come to show what was/is happening in Algeria. The only one to make any worthwhile photographs was the Swiss photographer Michael von Graffenried. | ||
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Saw "War Photographer" yesterday evening on Dutch television. What a terrible pity that it was edited down to only 49 minutes from the beautiful 96 minute version that was shown at the IDFA. I would like to recommend to others to buy the 96 minute version on DVD, but it is not available. Please Mr. Frei, release your beautiful documentary on DVD or make it available to purchase and download in DVD quality MPEG2 online. | ||
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I am sitting in my chair for at least 30 minutes in silence after watching the WarPhotographer film just an hour ago. I am lost for words...not that I haven't seen the news on war and attrocities, but this film revealed the truth and a wake-up call. James Nachtwey is not only a photographer, he has a great heart. Without him..the world is blind. We should ask the recording artists to make a music video out of this film and air it everytime on tv...it has to reach to all..in all corners of world. May God Bless Him and the people who made this film. Thank you for making this film. | ||
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Having just seen "War Photographer", I am still reeling emotionally and physically from the unique immediacy and impact that it conveys. This is a powerfully affecting film that should be compulsory viewing for every Westerner or so-called "developed" nation resident. Certain sequences haunt me continually, such as the Indonesian family by the train tracks (how do we really help families in such inhumane conditions-does $20.00 really reach them in a meaningful way?) and the Sulpher mine. I did feel frustrated at the end that there was no way to immediately assuage one's urge to join the "protest" by the victims of war or oppression; to further amplify their voice; to transform compassion into action by learning how to be part of the solution to these imcomprehensible situations; to be with what we have just witnessed and give back rather than turn our backs once again by going home or closing the book/magazine as if we aren't forever changed by the experience. I wanted to know more about how Nachtway truly assesses the effect of his work on a global scale vis a vis mitigating poverty awareness and hence policy decisons. How does he give back in a tangible way as he is benefitting from misery and suffering no one should ever know. It is a tense pyschic tightrope to choose. His justifications were not sufficient in my view for his intrusion into the most private of moments. That said, he has certainly amassed an unparelleled, unbelieveable body of work that testifies to the horror humans exact on eachother, but also paradoxically to the triumph of the human will and spirit over that horror. Thank you for sharing a particle of Nachtway's peculiar, inimitable mindset. | ||
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I saw War Photographer last night in New York and I just wanted to say "thank you." This is an extrordiary film of an extrordiary subject. Given all the rush to war talk currently in the media, this film certainly presents questions that are very timely. Like Nachtwey's work itself, the film allows the "story" to unfold over time and becomes more powerful as it moves along. Excellent work! Very moving. | ||
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Thank you for this film. Natchwey has been an inspiration for me for over fifteen years. His view on the world and how photography plays into that view is so vital. The hope that the images will awaken the conscience of the world, because only working together can we put a stop to the suffering and injustice. | ||
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First i saw the pictures in the book inferno, then i saw the movie war fotographer. I cannot find words to describe the impact of those two elements. It was difficult to look at the pictures. Like the weight of the book, it rests heavy on my soul.I hope the world will pick up the message of mr james nachtwey. If we don't, then there is no hope for a world without war. | ||
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I live in Corea. I've Watched this film in 'Human Rights Film Festival' a few monthes ago. In Frankly.. I was disappoinmented a little bit. This film is best suitable for Academy Film Festival. But that's All. This film only satisfies the Western's Gaze about thirld World. Academy Film Festival's jury must have acclaimed for this film.. | ||
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Hello. I,m so happy, because I saw this movie few weeks ago in South Africa. I tavelled 20 hour by car for watched this movie. I am living in Cape town. But i couldn't see this movie in Cape town. Because ticket was sold out. So, I decide go to Jouhanesburg. Anyway, I was happy after watched the movie. I hope that I want to watch again. Thanks. | ||
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Having seen your documentary War photographer twice in the past week, it and the message it holds is all I think about the entire day and night. I want to thank you for having had the will and devotion to accomplish your work in the way you did. I belief you reached every single person that went to see the film in a way they will never forget, thus bettering this world in a way extremely few have. It was very comforting to learn of somebody, and if it is but one person, who has not given up both this world and himself. | ||
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Still very much impressed, after some time of considering and thinking about "war photographer". | ||
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I have just seen your documentary "War Photographer" at the Wellington Film Festival in New Zealand. I thought it was exceptional - one of the most profound and moving film experiences of my life - many congratulations. It certainly deserves a wide audience. | ||
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I saw war photographer in Berlin last night and was transported home. The pictures taken in Ramallah, Palestine were more or less taken right next to the house I grew up in. Rarely has there been such a brilliant yet unobtrusive photographer as Jim Nachtway. I have had the pleasure of meeting Jim a number of times and have seen him at work in some pretty difficult conditions. His empathy and respect towards the subjects he photographs is what makes him not simply a great photographer, but a truly decent human being. He has earned our respect as a man first and as a journalist second. This film is really as honest a portrait as possible. Thank you to the filmmakers. | ||
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It is the day after I have seen war photographer, but it feels like i´d seen it today. This movie gets close to you, grips you even ... for good reason: In my point of view, if you are a person feeling somehow a kind of social committment this movie should confuse you. The imagination of seeing all the things James Nachtwey did and then returning to a civilization that, as he himself put it, is moving towards fashion and entertainment appears cruel to me. It seems that he found answers or maybe compromises to injustice and imbalance in general, as he took his role as a photographer and thus contributed to peace ("antidote to war"). In fact, he seems capable of bearing all his images and sufferings he witnessed because he was there with his camera. I am sure he wouldn´t have survived without it. Seeing all these things without being totally sure that you change at least something by documenting it to people must be torturing. James Nachtwey channeled all his emotions through the lens of his camera and thus survived mentally and physically. What I like a lot about Christian Frei is that he tried to create a very authentic and entire picture of Nachtwey´s life as a documenter by taking the audience from Ruanda to New York and from Jakarta to Hamburg. What feels like a clash for us was exactly what Nachtwey experienced again and again - in real life. I have highest respect for James Nachtwey´s skills as a photographer as well as for his ambition and devotion. | ||
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I watched War Photographer last night in Berlin and I found it an excellent documentary that everyone should see. The first picture of James Nachtwey that I saw was the portrait of the Tootsie with the scars of machete on his head and face, sensing at the same time the credo and the humility of the photographer facing such great human tragedies. Thanks for showing the face and the work of this great photographer. | ||
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Having seen "WarPhotographer" last weekend, has really changed my mind on the question of the importance of war photography. I no longer think that these people just risk their lifes for some sensational pictures to increase some magazines profit. Actually, I am not a person, who reads magazines regularly -I rather go through them very fast- or is that interested in photography. Instead - movies make me think and I was left alone with the pictures of James Nachtwey for 1,5h. I have never sat in a movie theatre with so many people in such a silence! If James Nachtwey wants to reach the people with his pictures and give those a voice who cannot speak for themselves, I can assure him, he has reached me! Thank you for the film! Juliane Drews | ||
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Thank you for this thrilling and disturbing portrait of a world that is indeed an inferno. How simple for us to dismiss the impoverished majority of our planet from the safety of our comfortable lives. James Nachtwey has been a beacon for me for a long time; he illuminates horror in a way that somehow produces first a feeling of depression for me and then, when the images have sunken in, a feeling that the mere act of witnessing can bring hope. | ||
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I have long argued that photographs are the key to understanding and recording history, and ever since i opened Inferno i knew that James Nachtwey is one of the greatest photographers and historians alive. I thank you for this film and the view of his world. | ||
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Strong and powerfull. A very disturbing film, but we should be disturbed, and in our own interest we should see in this film a justly rising power of the third world. This film should be shown in schools, in ones neighborhood. As soon as a video or DVD is available I shall buy it and show it to whomever I can. Thanks Jim Nachtwey. | ||
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James Nachtwey's photographs are the reason why I became a photographer... There are no words to describe the feelings he transmits through his images. Thank you!! | ||
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YOUR FILM YOUR WEBSITE YOUR SUCCESS It's just great Christian! Kiss... francine | ||
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I saw War Photographer at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I thought it was one of the most brilliant documentaries I have ever seen. | ||
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I would like to thanks James, without his photos, we can't see the other side of the world where people experince what we've never imagined. Life is short and unpredictable, but what can we do to make it meaningful? | ||
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After watching your program, seeing your photos, listening your sharing, my emotion can be rested for a long time. James, your works really wake up our humanity... | ||
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I just watched the documentary in Hong Kong. What I want to say is, people here don't want to face the tragedy happening around the world. They of course have the channel or means to do something (if they really want to) but our education and social system have channeled our attention and energy to only looking after ourselves (and to be self-important). Being a colony for so many years, people here have been trained to turn their back against political and social issues. Humanity issues are too difficult to deal with and through the years, we have beeb trained/shaped only to doing something that gurantees return. | ||
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I have just watched this documentary on a Hong Kong local channel. I simply do not know how to describe my strong and restless emotion after watching it. Our culture is too obsessed by entertainment, celebrity, fashion... As a fortunate person living in a urban city, I am away from wars. It makes me become so indifferent towards what happens thousand miles away. It makes me forget that there are millions of people still suffering. What am I doing now? All the photos I have taken in my life are simply superfluous. They are just bourgeois cafe photo, with no contribution to humanity. It makes me ashamed. | ||
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War Photographer is the best documentary I have ever seen (and I've seen a lot!). | ||
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I had the pleasure to watch your film a few days ago during the toronto doc. film festival. And what an intense film. It litterally blew me away. The amazing and subtle ways of James Nachtwey a man with the sensibility and the humanity of very few. Stefan Frei what a wonderful job you did, keeping the tone as humble as James and his pictures. Thank you for you sense of images and for knowing how to show, just show, the unspeakable. | ||
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I saw War Photographer last night at a full house in the Toronto Bloor Cinema for Hot Docs - The Canadian International Documentary Film Festival. Trying to think of how to describe this film and how to recommend it to all who have the opportunity to see it, I can only quickly compare this to Dante's journey through Hell as guided by Virgil with Christian Frei as the filmmaker being guided through worlds of horror and war and death on this earth as he follows along and documents the photographic work and life of James Nachtwey and returns to us to present this work of art on film. Kudos as well to music producer Manfred Eicher for his sensitive selection of musical compositions and performances by Eleni Karaindrou, Arvo Pärt and David Darling. Thank you all for your profound and moving work. | ||
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havent seen the film yet but it certainly looks compelling-jim- i found out about looking this up from the sands-still in contact-i have photos of the old jim nachtway in the olden days....hope to connect sometime-susan ,Montréal | ||
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