After watching a number of their excellent Czech releases,I was pleased to find out that my dad had recently picked up a French film that DVD company Second Run had put out,which led to me getting ready to enter the land of the deaf.
The outline of the doc:
Starting in a school for the deaf,film maker Nicolas Philibert focuses on the interpersonal relationships of people in the deaf culture,which goes from children learning in school to a glorious wedding.
View on the film:
Retaining the graininess of the doc format,Second Run give the title a clean soundtrack and insightful extras which complement the movie. Wisely staying away from any sentimental,heart-string tugging music clichés,director Nicolas Philibert goes into the world of deaf culture and follows their day to day activities which show them to be unique individuals who are nothing like the TV movie "charity cases."
Allowing the takes to run, Philibert gives the viewer the opportunity to become a part of the relationship with the families that the film focuses on,whilst also offering a fascinating insight into some of the mistreatment's from "hearing" people, (such as putting a deaf person in an asylum due to no one being able to decide "what to do" with the deaf girl,to "hearing" people deciding on what the best education methods are in deaf schools) which never over shadow the tantalising relationships,in the land of the deaf.
The outline of the doc:
Starting in a school for the deaf,film maker Nicolas Philibert focuses on the interpersonal relationships of people in the deaf culture,which goes from children learning in school to a glorious wedding.
View on the film:
Retaining the graininess of the doc format,Second Run give the title a clean soundtrack and insightful extras which complement the movie. Wisely staying away from any sentimental,heart-string tugging music clichés,director Nicolas Philibert goes into the world of deaf culture and follows their day to day activities which show them to be unique individuals who are nothing like the TV movie "charity cases."
Allowing the takes to run, Philibert gives the viewer the opportunity to become a part of the relationship with the families that the film focuses on,whilst also offering a fascinating insight into some of the mistreatment's from "hearing" people, (such as putting a deaf person in an asylum due to no one being able to decide "what to do" with the deaf girl,to "hearing" people deciding on what the best education methods are in deaf schools) which never over shadow the tantalising relationships,in the land of the deaf.