CITIZENFOUR (Laura Poitras)

[Lazlo]

IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/reference)

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[Pop Trash]

It's good, but it really doesn't cover much that Greenwald's initial reporting didn't already spell out first. I'm a bit perplexed by the huge critical support, since I think you can wait until it inevitably winds up on Netflix and Amazon. There's nothing overwhelmingly cinematic about it that requires you to see it in a theater.

[Grouchy]

Nah, I think the craft on this is amazing. The subject itself is fascinating enough, but Poitras is one hell of a filmmaker.

I saw this with friends who had only a very vague understanding of what the Snowden/NSA affair actually meant. Oh, and I also found Beau and his girlfriend on my way out. We walked under a soaking rain for like twelve blocks.