my Movie

Movie Details

Title:   Reel Paradise
Director:   Steve James
Year:   2005
Genre:   Documentary
Times Seen:   1
Last Seen:   07.07.06

Other Movies Seen By This Director (2)
- Hoop Dreams
- Life Itself

Notes History
Date Viewed Venue Note
07.07.06Netflix the doc about John Pierson's family. I guess the first thing that comes to mind is how invasive a documentary crew can be. This movie is just the last month of his year there but jesus, it seems like the camera's there in all the places that you really don't want to be. Kudos for the whole Pierson family for being ok with that... I got a real kick from his son actually... Smart kid. After that though, it's an interesting adventure that ends up being more about an american family than the place they're at. Glad I saw it... it was very watchable... but it also gives me pause with the project i've been working on. Have to think that through I guess.