The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

2001, 1h 17min -

This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be made without compromise. With the proliferation of TV channels, documentaries are enjoying an unprecedented boom fuelled by audiences seeking an alternative to infotainment. But now documentary filmmaking, too, finds itself constrained by the imperatives of television. However, there is a rebel resisting this uniformity of the spirit. Pre-eminent among today's documentary filmmakers concerned about this mind-numbing standardization, Peter Watkins has never strayed from either his principles or the cause. Show more

"The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins" — movie produced in Canada and released in 2001. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.9 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 17min. "The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins" is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime and for rent and to buy on Amazon Store. Click on a playlink to watch it now!