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Films
Klawans, Stuart | July 25, 1994 issue

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This article focuses on motion pictures. "High School II," by Frederick Wiseman is an optimistic counterpart to the sardonic, Vietnam-era "High School." Wiseman once more comes as close as a filmmaker can to relying on pure observation. He provides no information through titles or voice-overs. Not once does anyone sit before the camera to recount her story or provide his opinion. The film tells you only what you would have learned by standing where the filmmaker stood and watching. It's as if Wiseman were putting to the test the naive belief that you can get at reality simply by turning on the camera.

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MOTION pictures; HIGH School II (Film); WISEMAN, Frederick; HIGH School (Film); VOICE-overs; PERFORMING arts
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