Family Memoir, Dictated From the Grave
di Manohla Dargis The New York Times
Though it’s a curiosity in its own right, the documentary “Must Read After My Death” raises unsettling questions about the erosion of the private sphere. After his maternal grandmother died in 2001, the director Morgan Dews learned she had left behind a rich archive in the form of eight-millimeter films, reel-to-reel recordings and a file of written materials labeled “Must Read After My Death.” Mr. Dews not only followed these instructions, he also made the materials his own, artfully piecing them together to create an alternately fascinating and disquietingly intimate portrait of a 1960s American family falling apart. [...]
di Manohla Dargis, articolo completo (3721 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 20 Febbraio 2009