Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington

2013

Action / Biography / Documentary / Drama / Fantasy / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 94% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 762 762

Plot summary

A portrait of photographer Tim Hetherington's work in war zones around the world.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by random-70778

I wonder why acclaimed photojournalist Andre Liohn, who reviewed the film in this comments section, was surprised at the inaccuracies -- it is HBO

If you watch an HBPO documentary on a subject you don't know you probably assume it is done honestly and accurately. But have ever watched an HBO documentary on a subject you do know you realize HBO cherry picks, falsify footage, used set up footage for takes that are implied to be candid and spontaneous, and spin and spin agenda driven work with documentary style that is outright fiction. So it is no surprise to see acclaimed photojournalist Andre Liohn on this IMDB review section point out several bogus elements to this HBO product. although it is a ironic to see Liohn surprised, when both the documentary business and the photojournalists business have long left neutral journalism behind and become advocated for their personal points of view.
Reviewed by Jonnybarkphotos 8 / 10

'Tim is just Tim'

The film was an expert insight into the 'life and time' of Tim Hetherington, created by good friend and collaborator Sebastian Junger. As well as giving invaluable information about arguably the most talented photo-journalist of his generation, the film shows Hetherington as who he was, not what he was. There was a beautiful quote from James Barabazon saying 'He was just TimÂ… its very hard to find that'; and this is the key message of the film, Hetherington wasn't political or war orientated, he was a humanitarian trying to make the world a better place. Other photo-journalists capture what they see, Hetherington captures what the audience needs to see to bring humanity to the situation and try and make a change. Instead of being a traditional documentary, it felt like an adapted screenplay because of the emotional story, which if you knew nothing about Hetherington before, you would feel the world still needs his photographs to comment on the latest human tragedies. It feels as if he brings clarity to photography, his new ideas about sleeping soldiers and bravely breaking barriers seem so right, but they were very much is unique traits in the medium, and its such a sadness to loose such a brilliant personality as Hetherington. The film showed an unedited visual of the photo-journalist; Hetherington speaking how he felt about what he stood for, it didn't just show what he stood for, but who he was as well and how everyone felt the same way.
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