David Liban's Carhenge: Genius or Junk? sets out to document the creation, evolution, and controversy surrounding "Stonehenge West" and, in the process, to answer the universal question, What is art? Carhenge, the brainchild of unassuming retiree Jim Reinders, is a to-scale replica of Stonehenge, made out of thirty-eight junked automobiles. Described by its creator as a "transmutation of the English original and a clear illustration of Americana," it has placed its home, Alliance, Nebraska, on the tourist map. While united in their gratitude for the revenue this monument generates, the residence of Alliance remain divided in their opinion of its significance. To quote the creator, "In Alliance there are about nine thousand people and seven thousand of them are art critics." After a few viewings of this thoroughly enjoyable and well-crafted film, I considered the assertion that documentarians are more interested in what they say than in how they say it. I decided to simply explore how the filmmaker uses the media elements of sight, sound, and motion to answer the question, "Is Carhenge art, junk, or a joke?" Using predominately interviews, home videos, stills, and B-roll footage, Liban presents a visually polished film. The interviewees fall into three categories: expert, witness, and, for lack of a better label, peripheral — the druids and the independent filmmakers. The witness group, including the mayor of Alliance, the former city manager, the president of Friends of Carhenge, and the director of the Alliance Chamber of Commerce, are identified with titles. They are given a fair amount of screen time and they are articulate, presenting their recollections of events and/or their personal, although somewhat self-serving, points of view. Except for the president of Friends of Carhenge, these witnesses are photographed in what seems to be a work environment, standing, with available light. The impression is that they are answering a few questions in the middle of their workday. The remainder of the witnesses are what I would call opponents, and I will discuss them shortly.