My write-up on Sarah Polley’s “Stories We Tell.”
I don’t want to reveal too much about Sarah Polley’s new documentary, Stories We Tell. Giving away the story would be cheating you of the beautiful and penetrating way Polley unfolds it, minute by minute, person by person.
I will tell you that I was weeping by the end. I will tell you that while watching it I thought of my own mother and father. I thought about my mom’s death exactly three months ago today, about how much I love my dad and sister. Regret that I didn’t make that artist documentary my mom always wanted me to make about her. Desire for anyone’s stories about my mom, for any perspectives and revelations about things I know and things I don’t. I will tell you that this is the best documentary I’ve seen this year– possibly the best family documentary I’ve ever encountered. And I’ll tell you that…
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