Frederick Wiseman's 1968 documentary is an interesting film for two reasons. The first is that it shows a world very similar to a universal experience, but its world is specific and mired in time and culture. The second is that it exhibits a group of people on the brink of liberation who acknowledge individualism, but deny its place in school. HIGH SCHOOL is filmed with intimacy. Wiseman practically gets right in the faces of the students and teachers, and perhaps just because of the medium of film or the camera itself, he gets a lot of candid and unattractive material out of the teachers and students. It's an interesting look at particulars, and an interesting stylistic approach to a documentary. It shows, there are no voiceovers, and there are no outside interviews. Still pretty relevant as well.
High School: ★★★1/2
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