Unhinged: Surviving Jo'burg

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Unhinged: Surviving Jo'burg

7.5 | en | Documentary

Unhinged: Surviving Jo'burg is an honest, quirky and sometimes frenzied documentary about Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city and the world's gateway to Southern Africa. With rapid narrative, dry humour, trivial factoids, insightful observations and a highly enjoyable soundtrack, the film tells a slice-of-city-life story. It's a personal video snapshot of today's city, providing a unique opportunity for viewers to get a glimpse inside a place that the world has a very fuzzy sense of. Written by Adrian Loveland

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Released: October. 13,2010 | Released Producted By: , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.unhingedsurvivingjoburg.com

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MartinHafer I was excited to watch this film about Johannesburg. After all, I was there last year and loved much of what I saw. Of course, with the highest murder and rape rate in the world, there also is a lot to fear in parts of the city. It's really an exciting and scary place at the same time--and I was eager to hear the film's insight into the city.The filmmakers thought they were being clever when they made "Unhinged: Surviving Jo'Burg". To show you just how big and frenetic the pace is in Johannesburg, the film deliberately is delivered in a very, very, very fast-paced manner in the first five minutes or so. It does slow down--but NEVER is the normal pacing of any documentary. Additionally, the music is often cacophonous and discordant. The overall effect is to push you as far as the film can--and I am sure many folks will just turn it off and watch something else. This is a shame, as Jo-burg and South Africa are interesting topics--and talking about the good and the bad is important in this post-apartheid world. But with the film assaulting your senses almost constantly, I really hated the film's style. One of the more questionable uses of music was the music of Daniel Johnston--a man who is NOT South African but an American diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder!! And, playing some of Johnston's weirder songs just made the film a chore to watch. Overall, a GREAT topic but the subject matter is delivered in such a painfully hip manner that it just lost me. Perhaps you could get more out of this---it just made me frantic.