The Sweetest Sound (2001)
The Sweetest Sound (2001)
DVDRip | MKV | 714x480 | x264 @ 2889 Kbps | 57 min | 1,25 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Español
Genre: Documentary
DVDRip | MKV | 714x480 | x264 @ 2889 Kbps | 57 min | 1,25 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Español
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alan Berliner
Writer: Alan Berliner
Stars: Alan Berliner, Alain Berliner, Allen Berliner
What's in a name? Names are the opening words to our life stories. With intimacy, humor and his own inimitable style, Alan Berliner dives headfirst into the American name pool in search of the treasures and traps hidden in names — especially his own. The Sweetest Sound starts out as a search for identity, transforms into a meditation on mortality, leaving a keen sense of the power and mystery embedded in every name.
I am so glad that I am not the only person in the world who has given so much thought to my own name. Alan Berliner proves to be even more obsessive than I am. After a number of "Egosurfs," (which is the word given to the act of looking up your own name on the internet,) Alan Berliner found twelve other owners of his name and flew them out to New York for dinner.
Imagine having a party with a dozen of your namesakes! Introductions are easy, and you never forget anyone's name. However, it can make you really start to question your identity. In a room full of people named Alan Berliner, who's who? All of them turn out to be white, middle-class, and middle-aged men.
The bulk of the film is put together with stock footage, man-on-the-street interviews (What does the name Alan bring to mind? One woman's response: Fat!) and old home movies. At the end of the film, Mr. Berliner encourages the viewers to write to him and tell them if they've recognized any of the faces in the stock footage as their own relatives.
This is a pleasant and fun documentary that really makes you think. It is never boring for a minute, and is just as delightful as Sherman's March.
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The Sweetest Sound (2001)
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