War Photographer
by Christian Frei
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Actor: Christiane Amanpour, Christiane Breustedt, Des Wright (II), Hans-Hermann Klare, James NachtweyDirector: Christian Frei
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
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Movie Review: Pure Passion, Pure Heart and Purely amazing!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Coming from another photographer and world traveler, I find this DVD mesmerising, a learning experience and filled with REALITY. I have traveled all around the world and seen/documented many things, however never on the negative side aside from an ancient 500+ person-filled Chinese funeral that spanned over 5 days.
I was the only Westerner (from New Zealand) there amongst 500+ Chinese people. As a professional photographer & boyfriend of a member of one of the family members of the deceased, I was asked to photograph ALL of the funeral of their eldest great-grandfather's funeral. Aside from battling a language barrier (Mandarin vs. English) with most attendees, I was also battling a cultural change that I was not used to. When I stopped to let people be at peace during sad/tearful moments, my girlfriend's Auntie asked me to please keep shooting images. I was down on my hands and knees photographing intimate moments of tears from grown elder men. I learned much about myself during those 5 days. I learned the world is incredible open to you when you open your heart and passions; even to strangers as well as I learned. At the end, the family graciously accepted me into their family and thanked me profusely for doing such a fine job in documenting such sad and personal moments for each of them. As James has always been with the people he photographs, I was also accepted and the people wanted me to be there for there sadness. Anyone can photograph a joyous occasion like a wedding, but when you photograph deeply sad, miserable, and feelings of emptiness of strangers, you really learn a lot about yourself as well as life in general.
I can only imagine the library full of sad feelings/experiences that James has. After my experience photographing this very deeply cultural Chinese funeral, I now have a new level of respect for James.
This DVD is not only celebration of a great photographer, but is also a snapshot into the reality of human existence and is a snapshot into the heart a wordly, kind, gentle man who uses his camera to let the world know of other people's sufferings.
If James is ever here in New Zealand, I would love to personally meet him to shake his hand.
Go and buy the DVD!
John McElhiney
Aerial, Landscape and Commercial Photographer
Wellington, New Zealand
Summary of War Photographer
{OSCAR NOMINATION, Best Documentary Feature 2002}{PEABODY AWARD, Georg Foster Peabody Award 2003}
{EMMY AWARD NOMINATION, Cinematography 2004}
{WINNER of 16 International Awards and Nominations 2002-2004}
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, WAR PHOTOGRAPHER is the compelling portrait of the man considered the bravest and most important war photographer of our time, James Nachtwey. The film has been in competition in 36 major international film festivals, played theatrically in over 50 cities and has 5 times won prizes for Best Film or Best Documentary.
Although he has won many prestigious photography awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year several times, Nachtwey is still not well-known by name. Most people, however, would recognize his extraordinarily powerful images of the violence and suffering of wartime that have appeared in almost every major publication worldwide over the last two decades.
For over two years Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei follows Nachtwey around the world, uncovering compassionate and unsettling images from some of the most incendiary spots on the globe -- the burning farmhouses of Kosovo, the homeless and hungry of Indonesia, a battle between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youth on the West Bank. Frei has created an enthralling yet solemn film about the renowned photographer's daily routine and also his primary motivations, fears and beliefs.
Interviews with colleagues, including CNN's Christiane Amanpour, help describe the remarkable personality of James Nachtwey. Hardly fitting the standard description of a hard-boiled war veteran, instead Nachtwey is a shy, unobtrusive man with the distinction of a philosophy professor and an inner reserve that have allowed him to persevere through the horrors he uncovers and records.
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