Documentaries

I Have always Been a Dreamer

Sabine Gruffat
USA, Ver., Arabische, Emirate 2012
78 min
V'13

Sabine Gruffat’s I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DREAMER is less a documentary than a city symphony – though perhaps it’s closer to the mark to call it a city double concerto. The movie compares the recent development of Dubai with that of Detroit; and while Gruffat is sensitive to issues like labor relations, crime, and sustainable design, she’s clearly more interested in creating images than social analysis. It’s an eyeful, containing some of the most assured sound design and Steadicam work I’ve encountered in a low-budget feature since Ben Russell’s great LET EACH ONE GO WHERE HE MAY – not coincidentally, Russell assisted with some of the sound recording. (Ben Sachs)

Credits
  • Sabine Gruffat
  • Bill Brown
  • Sabine Gruffat
  • Ben Russell
  • Sabine Gruffat
  • Paul Geluso
  • Sabine Gruffat
  • Nathan Halverson
  • Stephen Vitiello
Sabine Gruffat

Sabine Gruffat

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