The stories we tell

In my opinion the documentary “The stories we tell” was interesting the last part that I got to watch explained a lot about the film which was basically  Sarah Polley trying to find out who her real father is. The film had a similar poetic tone as the other documentary we watched in class called “Tongues United”.  The part that made me feel this way was at the end when the father reading  a letter it sounds more like a song or a poem that he is reciting or singing. There is also another part of the film that can be seen as observatory just like the documentary we watched in class called “high school”  where the filmmaker does not interact at all. They just let things happen as they are that is what makes the film realistic. The part of the film that i found very interesting is at the end when you can tell Sarah Polly influenced the film even without wanting to. Or maybe these were her intentions to achieve a certain feeling or mood to the documentary. For instance, this is seen when the father has to repeat the line at the end twice. This can be interpreted as Sarah was trying to have the same affect that “Tongues United” captured. the effect that the film captured was it gave importance through repetition. Sarah did try not to influence the way people answered but since it was a topic that involved her and her life it was very difficult for her.

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