The Amazed Spectator (2016)

6.2/10 70 min Documentary

Overview

A kino-investigation about spectatorship, a continuous conversation between different kinds of spectators: which one is more cinema: Citizen Kane on a mobile phone or a football game projected in a cinema theatre? What is the cinema of uncertainty? How many kinds of amazement exist? Does fear and belief precede amazement? What are the rights and duties of the spectator? Is the essay film a manifesto against voyeurism? Should spectators be paid? What amazes the spectator of this day and age?

Cast

Diana Sá

Spectator

Miguel Borges

Spectator

Valdemar Santos

Spectator

Laura Mulvey

Herself

Guy Maddin

Himself

F.J. Ossang

Himself

Soraia Sousa

Joana Carvalho

Espectadora

Cláudia Clemente

Adelaide Teixeira

Miguel Partidário

José de Pina

Carolina Amaral

Espectadora

Tânia Dinis

Pedro Almendra

Espectador

Ângela Marques

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