The documentary was really
interested for a variety of reasons including the people they chose to talk to,
the way it was shot, and the tone of the film. I was surprised that most of the
characters highlighted in the documentary were men because from my experience
with the homeless in downtown Knoxville, most of them are women. I appreciated
that the people in the film were so willing to let the audience into their
life, I thought it was really intriguing that they were worried about things
being clean and attractive even though they were living in tunnels. I was also
interested in the building of actual semblances of housing that could be
distinguished from others. I also thought that it was really valuable to have a
variety of age groups talk about their lives in the tunnels and what they do
for money.
I was
interested in the choice of black and white shot selection. I was anticipating
the documentary to be depressing or talking about people who had “given up.” By
the end of the documentary, that clearly wasn’t the case. There was so much
hope shown by the people living in the tunnels when they were told they would
have real housing. I thought that the film could have ended with them breaking
down the tunnel housing but in retrospect I was glad that I got to see them in
their new homes because it showed that the government did in fact follow
through when they told Amtrak that they would get everyone out of the tunnels.
This
documentary was much longer than the other ones that we watched but I thought
that it was necessary because instead of it being an interview like The Archive it was much more of a story
about different people and their lives and how they lived and it showed change
over time. Even though it was so long, it did keep my interest the entire way
through.
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