‘The Natural History Of Destruction’: Sergei Loznitsa Strips Down the Documentary Form to Questionable Effect [Cannes ]
A documentary with no guardrails, “The Natural History of Destruction” (“NHD”) lurches through its 105-minute runtime with no concern for its audience’s bearings or balance. Commendable in its own way, eschewing as it does the omnipresent talking head and clip art formula so pervasive on the documentary scene, it is also devoid of context and narrative challenges.