The Amazed Spectator

6.2 (2 votes)• 2016• 70m•Released

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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?

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Languages: English, Portuguese

Director: Edgar Pêra

Starring Cast: Diana Sá, Miguel Borges, Valdemar Santos, Laura Mulvey, Eduardo Lourenço, Olaf Möller

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