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The motion (panning, zooming, shakey camera, ect) they used both on photographs and interviews left me sick to my stomach. There is constant movement. You can not take in the imagery because it's in continuous movement that flashes only for a second or two. To be clear, the speed and incessant frequency the images move (FLY) that is distracting and causes a sort of motion sickness.

This Clockwork Orange style of documentary making is visual chaos and leaves me feeling anxious and nauseous. Remember when The Blair Witch project made people physically ill with it's shakey camera work. This documentary had a worse effect on me because The unnecessary movement was near constant.

From what little I could take in, there seemed to be interesting information about Westport, CT and the Fitzgeralds. The presentation shouldn't ruin the information. Documentaries aren't adrenaline action films.

I literally had great difficulty hearing and understanding the soft spoken BBC reporter because the background music was so loud and intrusive.

This is a very disturbing trend in documentaries. Background music shouldn't override the actual content! Knock it off!

Otherwise, the documentary was very informative and avoided schizophrenic choppy cuts, which sadly are also trendy.

The pace, choppy cuts, and incessant driving background music makes this documentary really hard to watch and absorb.

There's some good info, but the way they present it is very clockwork orange. For me, the editors killed any enjoyment.