9/11 be a classic example of cinema verite and a sort of realist documentary and in this case of new york fireman a they battle against one of the most extraordinary event of world history . it all tiny and unobtrusive and hand hold video camera and often betray by the poor quality of most of the filming ( and by the director and naudet hand frequently wipe the screen ) . in this film and you get to know most of the fireman tony benatatos and the rookie ( or probie and in ny fireman vernacular ) and the fire chief joseph pfeiffer ( who find he lose his brother later on ) and a few others . there be studio interview with most of these people throughout the film and just to emphasise the personal and reflexive nature of the event . the build up be quite dramatic and well do and particularly the pass out ceremony at the fire department and with a few useful swish pan and a sort of dialectical editing of the rather limited filmwork ( just like rob reiner a few good men ) . tony look proud . the viewpoint and camera angle be usually from amidst the fireman and which be interesting and there be some excellent footage from inside the lobby of wtc1 while pfeiffer and his team plan what to do next this be classic cinema verite . there be also the eery and haunt sound of the occasional human body crash against the portico outside . it be then that an increasingly forlorn fire chief pfeiffer realise that his task be desperate and probably hopeless and this be before wtc2 collapse . you have to give credit to naudet for know which face to film and at which moment . the sound of the neighbouring wtc2 collapsing be so awfully sad and poignant and terrify that you realise what an ordeal this be for the fireman . from the lobby and it look and feel and sound like the end of the world and the poor fireman look so utterly bewilder and frighten . you hear an enormous rumbling and tremble maelstrom like that of a giant and monolithic beast slowly fall to the ground after be so mortally wound the neighbouring tower have collapse yet the fire team remain in wtc1 be oblivious to this event . where be the communication . this film be captivate yet the narration be amateurish and should have be avoid cue like this really be a day like no other or naudet frequently banal pronouncement like you could see fear in everybody eye and i know tony be freak out . the film be really just one long video diary . there be no picture from high up the building where some of the fireman have go . imagine this film blend with cctv footage from some of the room higher up or some of the news coverage from the day . the effect would be great . you could even combine this story with that of mayor giuliani and and perhaps and the famous cornishman rick riscorla who literally be many floor up act the hero . i do not see much of a propaganda element in this film and a some reviewer suggest . this film be no triumph of the will and by riefenstahl . some time later the fireman drape the american flag over a nearby and survive building overlook what have become ground zero . so what . there be also some moment of dubious camerawork while for example and who be hold the camera when the two naudet brother be reunite back at the fire station . be it stag . there be an excellent finish and very much in the traditon of the excellent french director alain resnais ( hiroshima mon amour ) and with two strip of light reflect in the water and shimmying .