Joshua Oppenheimer and Nish Saran

  • Joshua Oppenheimer & Nish Saran – Hugh (1996)

    1991-2000DocumentaryExperimentalJoshua Oppenheimer and Nish SaranUSA

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    Hugh is the earliest demonstration of Oppenheimer’s key thesis that hate and extremism are not necessarily disruptive forces – they can be thoroughly bedded into society. The titular subject is an elderly man who makes furniture, teaches children to play the piano and is hailed by his friends as one of the most generous people you’ll ever meet. He also goes into town with his car plastered in sandwich boards and preaches about how homosexuality will destroy civilisation…
    Hugh is ten minutes long, but has the complexity and nuance of a feature film, and as a bonus is shot in gorgeous high-contrast black-and-white reminiscent of Marc Singer’s excellent 2000 documentary cult classic Dark Days.
    – Graham Williamson 2016Read More »

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