Fred Wiseman makes films, nothing more. He takes the time needed to observe and the time needed to present his observations. Time is central to his strategy of making documentary films. The crew of Near death spent a lot of time in the Intensive Care Unit of a Boston hospital. They immersed themselves in an atmosphere of life and death, in the work of doctors and nurses, in the experience of patients and their families. Can we see more, if we take the time?
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Near Death is a film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically,…