Review – 7 Days in September

This reminded me – probably not accidentally – of Four Days in November, an award-winning documentary about the JFK assassination. I’m not quite old enough to remember Dallas, but of course I recall Sept. 11 quite well. So I’d like to come back to this in a couple of decades and show it to people who aren’t old enough to have experienced the World Trade Center attacks as they happened. Until then, suffice it to say that the majority of this documentary is long-familiar coverage of what must be the most widely photographed event in human history. However, it does offer some new perspectives. For example, I was thoroughly creeped out by the footage of the dust clouds rolling down New York City’s avenues straight at the cameras. And of course in the span of a week many New Yorkers shucked off their fellow-feeling and went back to being their stereotypical selves. Still, if you’ve a hankering to relive the experience this production will help you out. Mildly amusing