Trying to Describe Oneself (2005)

Original title

Tentatives de se décrire

Directed by

Boris Lehman

Genre

documentary

Country

France, Belgium, Canada

Runtime

2h 45m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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This documentary follows filmmaker Boris Lehman as he explores the challenges of representing yourself and others on film. It combines letter writing, travel, and home movie footage shot between 1989 and 1995. The result is a portrait of the director himself.

introspectivefragmentedreflectivecerebralexperimentalpersonalmeditativecontemplative

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