Cheap WTC - The First 24 Hours (DVD) (Étienne Sauret) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of WTC - The First 24 Hours

38 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
Having lost a family memeber on one of the planes that hit the WTC, I was ready to completely be moved by this film. I rented it because I thought the silence of it would really show the true essence of the loss we've all endured; no mindless commentary on something that no human can ever really explain. However, this film, although somewhat interesting, just showed the buildings still left standing, ground zero and dust and debris. There was no depth or real sense of why we were seeing the same shots over and over. The "extended version" was more of the same, except it showed one of the towers going down. The point of the film was to show the first 24 hrs after the attack but that's simply all it does-it does not produce any emotion or show the real human impact. All those fire people were around and instead of following a team of them,etc instead we see the same empty blown out windows and dust. For the year of crying I have done for losing a family member on a flight, this film did not even evoke one tear.

---

Silent Video
I did not like this video because there was no narration to tell about what was going on. So of course there were no facts given, just like looking at photos with no names, etc. I will be more careful when I order next time.

---

disappointed
I was responsible for buying this video for a middle school Social Studies class. What a mistake! Imagine teenagers sitting through this film....and besides, why try to make "art" from what is surely one of the most tragic disasters in our history? It may be my fault that I missed the fact that this was not a conventional documentary, and it may have cinematic merits (judging from the Sundance festival blurb), but as supplemental instruction: teachers and students, beware!