Law and Order

MOVIE #1,420 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 03.06.24 𝙳𝙸𝚁𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝙾𝙲𝚄𝚂: 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙲𝙺 𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙴𝙼𝙰𝙽 I find that I don’t have much to say/write about these Wiseman docs, and I think that’s by design in a way. The subject matter is so real and raw, and the succinct method of letting the footage do the talking (even though these pictures are cleverly edited) is meant to leave the audience in a continual state of processing. Much like how there were/are moments before and after the cameras rolled. These films are windows in a way that I really haven’t seen before. And this one, tackling the day-to-day of the Kansas City Police Department in 1969 is probably the best one yet, a totally engrossing portrait that’s obviously still prescient today.

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Law and Order is a 1969 documentary film by Frederick Wiseman that shows the daily routine of officers of the Kansas City Police Department. It was Wiseman's third film after Titicut Follies (1967) and High School (1968). The films were among the earliest examples of direct cinema by a U.S. filmmaker. It was released on March 2, 1969.