The Johnsons in the first talking African jungle movie play jazz records in between filming animal sequences. Two rhinos charging towards the camera is the highlight.
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Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly unhinged nature documentaries, you’ll probably get a kick out of Congorilla. It’s not for the modern viewer who needs a sleek, 4K narrated journey with a clear moral arc. It’s for the folks who want to see what happens when early 20th-century filmmakers just start...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Martin E. Johnson
Ya'ackov Ben-Dov
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school, slightly unhinged nature documentaries, you’ll probably get a kick out of Congorilla. It’s not for the modern viewer who needs a sleek, 4K narrated journey with a clear moral arc. It’s for the folks who want to see what happens when early 20th-century filmmakers just start wandering around with heavy equipment and a portable record player. The whole thing feels like an odd, accidental fever dream. You’ve got these intense animal sequences—like two ..."
