Citizenfour vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Citizenfour). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 54m. Citizenfour is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Citizenfour
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Citizenfour | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Laura Poitras | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Barack Obama, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Citizenfour
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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