Shots From the Canon #6: ‘Edvard Munch’ (Peter Watkins, 1974)

Written by Robert Greene

Every week or so, filmmaker and writer Robert Greene will attempt to push for a new canon of cinematic nonfiction.

Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch is not a documentary, but it is one of the greatest, most singular works of cinematic nonfiction ever made. With the recent emergence of the so-called “hybrid” documentary, it is important to remember that there h…