Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Protagonist

documentary Jessica Yu

Here we trace the life arc of four men who go through some extreme life trials, are changed and emerge wiser,or at least different in outlook. There was a gay christian, a German radical, a martial arts expert and Mex/Amer bank robber.

She used push puppets to illustrate the theme of Greek tragedy involved in these lives...a technique which was off-putting at first but did universalize the stories. That plus talking heads, family photos and videos told the story.

This was interesting and succeeded in stretching out the form.

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