Thirty minutes of 1970s Canadians doing absolutely nothing, beautifully.
Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann attempts to capture the apolitical spirit of the 1970s by following several people as they wander the city, work, play street hockey, and sit around debating political change.
Direction
Mann's patient observation turns boredom into accidental poetry.
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm time capsule of Toronto's forgotten streets.
Director
Ron Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ron Mann built his career on Canadian counterculture docs; Flak is his most stubbornly anti-narrative experiment.
The 'apolitical' subjects were mostly Toronto art-scene regulars who knew Mann personally—making this staged authenticity or authentic staging?
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