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- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Wilson has a talent for pairing quirky visuals from his beloved New York City with an oral narrative they often have little to do with, something akin to audio visual puns.
- Jason Flatt @ But Why Tho
- Excerpt: I will probably never look at cracked concrete the same way again after watching John Wilson’s The History of Concrete. On…
- Jason Flatt @ But Why Tho
- Excerpt: The History of Concrete is an excellent example of letting curiosity guide an idea and letting the idea tell its own story.
- [New] | Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The film is therefore using concrete as the impetus for Wilson to make a film about his current emotional, psychological, and artistic state of being. If he can do it with concrete, he can do it with anything.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: How To with John Wilson devotees will appreciate that The History of Concrete is little more than a supersized episode of his distinctive documentary style. The unconverted, however, will likely find themselves confused and, hopefully, at least a little delighted. Still, the tighter TV format seems better suited to Wilson’s particular brand of oddball observational storytelling.
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