Comments on: Sundance 2008: Tia Lessin of Trouble the Water http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Elsewhere Films » Blog Archive » Sundance 2008: Tia Lessin of ‘Trouble the Water’ http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-84769 Elsewhere Films » Blog Archive » Sundance 2008: Tia Lessin of ‘Trouble the Water’ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:09:43 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-84769 [...] Link to audio clip [...] [...] Link to audio clip [...]

]]> By: Kevin Buist http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-66701 Kevin Buist Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-66701 Good point, Robert. Unfortunately, I missed the screening of this one. Karina did see it, and she had reservations. Maybe she'll write a review and address some of these issues. Good point, Robert. Unfortunately, I missed the screening of this one. Karina did see it, and she had reservations. Maybe she’ll write a review and address some of these issues.

]]> By: M. Robert Turnage http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-66698 M. Robert Turnage Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:46:15 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2008/01/22/sundance-2008-tia-lessin-of-trouble-the-water/#comment-66698 Ok, I appreciate a filmmaker going into full promotional mode, but, seriously... is it a good idea to describe your film as "If Anne Frank had a video camera..."? Because whether intentionally or not, the director is linking the Katrina catastrophe (which we can still do something about) to the Holocaust (which we can do little to alter or change). Are we going to watch this film sheerly out of gross sentimentality (defined here as hyper-emotion without any action)? Or is there a rallying cause behind this film. I do like the way you try to push it into a discussion about the way documentary films can do an end-run around the traditional media, but this interview left me with the impression that the film is another Katrina-sploitation project. The filmmakers may have started the project with good intent, but now they are selling a product. Ok, I appreciate a filmmaker going into full promotional mode, but, seriously… is it a good idea to describe your film as “If Anne Frank had a video camera…”? Because whether intentionally or not, the director is linking the Katrina catastrophe (which we can still do something about) to the Holocaust (which we can do little to alter or change).

Are we going to watch this film sheerly out of gross sentimentality (defined here as hyper-emotion without any action)? Or is there a rallying cause behind this film.

I do like the way you try to push it into a discussion about the way documentary films can do an end-run around the traditional media, but this interview left me with the impression that the film is another Katrina-sploitation project. The filmmakers may have started the project with good intent, but now they are selling a product.

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