tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post284430505821745788..comments2024-03-27T18:32:51.563-05:00Comments on Rambling Film: DVD Review: Stories We TellBrittani Burnhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-65780826174381923932014-02-28T11:07:03.098-06:002014-02-28T11:07:03.098-06:00I made a decent attempt at documentaries this year...I made a decent attempt at documentaries this year and NONE of them I saw got nominated.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-81456068606008647642014-02-27T17:16:53.473-06:002014-02-27T17:16:53.473-06:00Interesting. I can see how it wouldn't be for ...Interesting. I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone, but I loved the concept and most of the stories. Still bummed it didn't get nominated at the Oscars.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-45682335380436605572014-01-27T11:20:55.044-06:002014-01-27T11:20:55.044-06:00Yes, the concept was interesting, and I could see ...Yes, the concept was interesting, and I could see it working with another story, just not particularly this one.Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-12346736954732481142014-01-27T10:12:12.789-06:002014-01-27T10:12:12.789-06:00Hi Brittani,
I really admire Sarah Polley and, li...Hi Brittani,<br /><br />I really admire Sarah Polley and, like you, only watched this because of her involvement in it. Unlike you, however, I found her personal history very interesting. However, even if I had not, I think she has more than simply her story to tell.<br /> <br />I think Polley wishes to reflect on the art of storytelling itself and her personal story simply provides her a context in which she may do so. As I have written in a comment to someone else after my own reaction to this documentary, I think Polley and her (real) father Harry exist as a sort of conversation between the postmodern and modern. Harry has interest in who should be telling the story and who should not be and he bases that evaluation on the potentiality of such voices to arrive at the “real” Diane (the mother). Sarah, in contrast, has a sense that there is no definitive depiction of her mother. In including as many voices as possible, and in resisting the urge to evaluate such voices, potential exists that if even one such voice paints the real Diane better than others, then at least she, Sarah, will have succeeded in not stamping out that depiction.<br /><br />That’s what I found interesting about this endeavour. The remarkable restraint of Sarah Polley.<br /> <br />KW.Kelly Wilsonhttp://mymusingsonfilm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-19486760126635572342014-01-26T16:26:15.757-06:002014-01-26T16:26:15.757-06:00EXACTLY! I should just copy and paste your comment...EXACTLY! I should just copy and paste your comment in place of my review. It sums it up better. lolBrittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3990332416861666709.post-44702706963443798122014-01-26T13:24:12.852-06:002014-01-26T13:24:12.852-06:00it is quite unmemorable. i never even knew anythin...it is quite unmemorable. i never even knew anything about sarah polley before this, but she does have a vision. i just don't think this story has enough of a universal pull to sink in my memory. Candice Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195801629178470295noreply@blogger.com