Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. (2005)

Directed by

Canaan Brumley

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Marine recruits through bootcamp with no narration or main characters. A single filmmaker shot most of the footage after his crew quit.

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What happens

Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click is a 2005 documentary film by Canaan Brumley, about the experiences of Marine recruits during bootcamp. Unlike many documentaries, this film offers no narration nor a focus on central characters, shooting from a fly-on-the-wall perspective. Despite this unusual approach, the film has received very positive reviews overall, especially from film festivals, such as the Los Angeles Film Festival and the San Diego Film Festival. Brumley began shooting of the film with four cameramen, but only a few weeks into production, they quit. Brumley ended up shooting most of the film himself. The film won the San Diego Filmmaker Award at the 2005 San Diego International Film Festival. Brumley himself has handled distribution through DVD sales on his website. In addition, the film has been showing on the Documentary Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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