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Citadel

2021 · 16 min Documentary
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

Filmed from the artist’s window during the first English lockdown, ‘Citadel’ combines short fragments from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speeches relating to coronavirus with views of the London skyline.

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Year 2021
Country United Kingdom
Genre Documentary
Director John Smith
Runtime 16 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (9 votes)

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The film constructs a powerful dialectic by juxtaposing the Prime Minister's curated speeches with the silent, static view from a private window. It relies on the haunting emptiness of the cityscape to critique the language of crisis management. This exploration of distance—both physical and rhetorical—is its core strength.

What lingers after the credits is the profound disconnect between political narrative and lived reality. The film becomes a time capsule of suspended animation, where the personal vantage point frames a collective trauma. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: John Smith

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Alone, on a large screen, to fully absorb its hypnotic, meditative pace. Silence is essential.

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