Atmosphere and Illusion
F there were anything like an "Oscar" for the best New Zealand-made radio documentary of the year, I would be glad to nominate Jack Dobson’s North Americen Journey (1ZB) for the award. To be sure, he has a much more exotic and interestin» set of subjects than the stay-at-homes can exploit. At the same time, a good topic, as we have seen often enough in the past, can be ruined by badly selected r.aterial, inept questions, and clumsy editing. This series shows clever and economical jig-sawing not too much labouring of the obvious, and a flair for picking interviewees who ate interestingly articulate. The Film wity job. was a little too reverential of Hollywood mythology for my taste. But This is San Francisco, with its happy combination of interview, description, and natural sounds, conveyed very satisfyingly the atmosphere of that paradoxical, exciting -ity. And Shasta Daylight, dealing with the train that runs from San Francisco to Portland, Oregon, so successfully created th> illusion of an actual trip on this handsome train that memories of the pitiful inadequacies of our own rolling stock pierced to the heart like an arrow. The blend of interviewer’s nous and technical skill gave these sessions an immediacy which more formal documentaries often miss.
J. C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 822, 29 April 1955, Page 11
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