Bibliograph

Sink or swim, by Su Friedrich

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Label

Sink or swim, by Su Friedrich

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Sink or swim

Oclc number

897768867

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced by Outcast Films in 1990

Responsibility statement

by Su Friedrich

Runtime

Series statement

Films of Su Friedrich

Summary

A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, 'Sink or Swim' is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father. Through a series of twenty-six short stories, a young girl chronicles the childhood events that shaped her ideas about fatherhood, family relations, work and play. As the stories unfold, a dual portrait emerges: that of a father who cared more for his career than for his family, and of a daughter who was deeply affected by his behavior. Working in counterpoint to the forceful text are sensual black and white images that depict both the extraordinary and ordinary events of daily life. This formally complex and emotionally intense film is fraught with tension, ambivalence and love. --Kanopy

Table Of Contents

Ep. 1. Sink or swim: A contemporary classic and a landmark in autobiographical filmmaking, 'Sink or Swim' is an unflinching account of the highly charged relationship between a daughter and her father. --ep. 2. Cool hands, warm heart: A study in performance, voyeurism and the spectator. Private acts become public spectacles on a stage in a crowded street as women perform the familiar rituals of daily life. --ep. 3. Scar tissue uses two sets of images--of men and women in midtown Manhattan and is structured so as to reproduce what is essential in the original event but also to undermine the original event

Technique

live action

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Cool hand, warm heartScar tissue

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