1970 · documentary
Hospital
Directed by Frederick Wiseman1h 24m1970
Daily activities of the Metropolitan Hospital in New York City, with emphasis on the emergency ward and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate how medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational considerations and the nature of communication among the staff and patients affect the delivery of health care.
Our read: Hospital (1970) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- measured
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