Point of Order

The documentry, Point of Order, filmed in 1963 was an interesting film. It was different the way Emile de Antonio bought the footage from the news, condensed the footage and rearranged it to make his point. He surely made his point, without using any narration besides the title narrations of the important figures in the film. It was very intriguing to see how big of a bully Senator McCarthy was. The order that the footage was arranged perfectly portrayed McCarthy in a bad light, not that he could be portrayed in a good light without the modification. I like how de Antonio lets the audiences of his films make up their own opinions about the situation. He lays out the facts in his own way, but does not use his own words or expression to influence their outlook on it.

Even though de Antonio's documentry was very convincing and shows he has a talent for making modern films I however, did not see his film as being something of magnificence. I felt that the art of simply rearranging already filmed footage seems mediocre to me. It may be because I do not have an 'eye' for the art of documentries, but I believe that this film was something that the average person could put together with not much effort. Although, the film was a very powerful persuasion to the public on who to side with on the case of McCarthy vs. The Army.