today, i sent a file of the film to a colleague who didn’t get the chance to see it at CCCC’s. as i wrote, i realized:
“here’s a thing i shouldn’t maybe admit: when i started trying to do a documentary on M, i thought i’d try much harder to work with more traditional documentary conventions, and i did. i didn’t try to set out about making the best new documentary in the most aesthetically hip ways, just a little doc, telling a little story. so, ha, says the rhetor – ‘conventions’ really do matter. it’s sad when you realize how often you fight (often, to your frustration) against the very best things you teach!!”
