Chimchim stumbled across the photography

Chimchim stumbled across the photography of Spencer Tunick and that reminded me of the HBO America Undercover special I saw about him. Which reminded me that the excellent documentary “How’s Your News?” is supposed to be on HBO. I decided to go look it up and they have their own website. Unfortunately it won’t be on HBO till April 2002. Which means no video release till after that some time, if ever.

I saw this documentary at SXSW in Austin this past Spring and I can’t remember a time I’ve ever felt so good at the end of a movie. It follows a group of handicapped news reporters who head from the East coast to the West coast interviewing all sorts of people. It never became heavy-handed or didactic. In this day and age so many people lament the cynicism or dullness that blunts so many of Hollywoods mainstream releases but they do little to support the movies that are truly different. Yeah, you’ll probably have to find a local film festival showing it. Also in the case of smaller cities like Huntsville you’d probably have to persuade someone like the Film Co-Op or the Black Maria Filim Festival to try and get a print of the movie. It will be worth the effort.

It is rare that my appreciation of a film doesn’t diminish with age, but in the months since I saw this one I still feel just as jubilant and awed.