Another week and finally I’m able to sit down and talk about a film that I was livid for missing at TIFF 2012, it’s Sarah Polley’s documentary, Stories We Tell. Lots of other things and stuff I can’t think of as I blame the internet in general for the lateness of this post, otherwise enjoy.
Review (00:07:24) Stories We Tell
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Here is the big deal about Sarah Polley (to us Canadians at least). She has been acting since she has been six and most people of my age-group would remember watching her on the CBC television series ROAD TO AVONLEA, which aired in the early 1990s. I don't think she really started becoming known outside of Canada until she started doing films, like THE SWEET HEREAFTER, GO, and the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake (which is her most mainstream role).
She actually began directing short films in 1999, so she has been making films for quite a while at this point. However, she has been slowly progressing into a full-time filmmaker and hasn't acted in a film since 2010.
STORIES WE TELL was a highly acclaimed film here in Canada and was selected as part of TIFF's yearly Canada's Top Ten mini-festival early this year. Also the documentary medium has been evolving and has become much more than simply being informative. You guys should really consider one year coming to the Hot Docs festival held here in Toronto in May and see some documentaries of all different shapes and sizes.
Between Go and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen I really want to love Sarah Polley. She just doesn't seem to make things I like. Wish I could say it better than that. Also, can count on my right hand how many documentaries I really like. The perfect storm just swirls around with her at its centre it seems.
Between Go and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen I really want to love Sarah Polley. She just doesn't seem to make things I like. Wish I could say it better than that. Also, can count on my right hand how many documentaries I really like. So the perfect storm just swirls around with her at its centre it seems.