Rifkin took on a very interesting concept and a great way to tell a story through security surveillance cameras, hidden nanny cameras, police dashboard cameras, ATM security cameras, cell phone cameras, etc. What's amazing is that you realize how many cameras record you every day. Kind of scary...
Every shot creates this awkward feeling like something is about to happen. We're so used to looking at these types of shots and angels on shows where something crazy happens. Using only these types of cameras really made the story telling very unique. Each shot just grabs your attention.
A lot of what you see shouldn't come as much of a shock or surprise because we read and hear about it in the news, but you also think how many more disturbing things happen that are captured on these cameras.
The only downfall of this movie is not really having a protagonist throughout the story. You don't really care for most of the characters and very little pathos are created.
At the same time that might not even be necessary because the message of the movie is probably more powerful that way.
Every shot creates this awkward feeling like something is about to happen. We're so used to looking at these types of shots and angels on shows where something crazy happens. Using only these types of cameras really made the story telling very unique. Each shot just grabs your attention.
A lot of what you see shouldn't come as much of a shock or surprise because we read and hear about it in the news, but you also think how many more disturbing things happen that are captured on these cameras.
The only downfall of this movie is not really having a protagonist throughout the story. You don't really care for most of the characters and very little pathos are created.
At the same time that might not even be necessary because the message of the movie is probably more powerful that way.