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51 Birch Street
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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Its made a sad film, but delightfulPosted: 10/17/2006A review of 51 Birch Street by Charles1030 Block has made a sad film, but delightful and half-accidental movie about his own parents. A tonal triumph of true-life storytelling told with equal measures of tension and redemption, 51 Birch Street finds humanist docu helmer Doug Block investigating the nagging mystery of his parents relationship and his fathers remarriage following the death of his mother. Extended theatrical window prior to HBO preem gives an enterprising distrib full opportunity to build pics inevitably positive word-of-mouth via arthouse play, with post-cable vidstore berths a likely address.Tech package is tops, with Block, whose previous films as director include The Heck With Hollywood! and Home Page, seamlessly mixing interview footage shot over 20 years with 8mm home movies and family photographs. Shots of the same staircase in the family home, taken at pivotal moments during the unfolding drama, typify helmers ability to coax resonant visual metaphors from existing family footage.
Highlighted passages from Minas diaries serve as a smooth transitional device. Accompanied by Kitty, 83-year-old Mike Block attended pics Toronto fest at his sons side. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-1 of 1 Per Page | ||
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