70 Stories We Tell Sarah Polley 2012

The film explores her family s secrets including one intimately related to polley s own identity.

70 stories we tell sarah polley 2012. Canadian actor director sarah polley who aptly made her international breakthrough in a tale of complex familial circumstances atom egoyan s 1997 the sweet hereafter dishes the dirt about her family and its history narrated by her father the esteemed british canadian actor michael. She was lovely as she answered the interviewers questions concerning this movie. While such a scenario is often a. Directed by sarah polley.

Prior to watching the trailer of stories we tell i watched an interview of sarah polley discussing this film. Families create their own narratives. Written by michael polley. Directed by sarah polley.

Stories we tell 2012 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Sarah voiced a concern she had during the making of stories we tell. Sarah polley writing credits sarah polley. With michael polley john buchan mark polley joanna polley.

Stories we tell is a 2012 canadian documentary film written and directed by sarah polley and produced by the national film board of canada nfb. Stories are passed on from generation to generation and in this way the past continues to live but it can also be obscured or distorted. The hook is as immediate and tawdry as a tabloid headline or afternoon talk show. Stories we tell 2012.

A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. She was concerned that this film would not be interesting enough for an audience. Michael polley sarah polley mark polley joanna polley john buchan and susy buchan. Stories we tell watch this offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases premieres current events or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims.

Narration cast in credits order verified as complete michael polley. The grainy blurry shot and the picture within picture framing emphasize ambivalence and point of view in the vagaries of truth through its intricate structure stories we tell 2012 by sarah polley playing in the sweet hereafter exotica and existenz examines the elusive nature of. I walked into stories we tell with the highest of expectations based on the film s topic and on the uniformly glowing reviews it has received. Stories we tell premiered august 29 2012 at the 69th venice international film festival then played at the 39th telluride film festival and the 37th.

Today in venice my latest film stories we tell will be screening for the first time until now thanks to the extraordinary decency of many people including some journalists who have known the story for years and kept it secret i have been able to keep its contents under wraps. In honor of the netflix release of sundance sensation dick johnson is dead we re looking back on other documentaries with deeply personal angles. The following is a guest post from filmmaker sarah polley about her new film stories we tell. Sarah polley s fascinating.

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