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Machete Gillette... Mama

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1989

With characteristic wit and rigor, experimental filmmaker Larry Gottheim here applies his impressionistic editing style to footage collected during his travels in the Dominican Republic. Gottheim's formal emphasis on repetition and fissures between sound and image resonates here as a mode of sociological reflection (with the fragmentary montage mirroring elements of ritual while also destabilizing the ethnographic gaze). A largely overlooked antecedent to the contemporary blending of avant-garde and ethnographic filmmaking, MACHETTE GILLETTE... MAMA still poses a potent challenge to documentary convention. - Max Goldberg

Machete Gillette... Mama is a Documentary movie released in 1989. It has a runtime of 42 Critics and viewers have rated it moderate reviews, with an IMDb score of 6.3..

6.3/10
Director
Larry Gottheim
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