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Heaven (1986)
Director: Diane Keaton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Quirky first film from Diane Keaton which blows a great idea - various inhabitants of America talk about their ideas of death and the after-life - by tarting it up with horrendously pretentious studio sets, unnecessarily silly camera angles, and somewhat over-clever cutting. The use of old film and TV clips, while funny, palls after a while; but most damaging is Keaton's snidely condescending tone towards her manipulated subjects. A cooler, more conventionally objective approach would have produced a far more revealing, humane and witty documentary.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Diane Keaton
Producer: Joe Kelly
Cast: John Paul Fiore, Albert Robles, Kenny Ostin, Victoria Sellers, Rev Hands, Dr Hymers, Don King, Mary Hall, Dorrie Keaton full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 80 mins
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