Inspired by Andrew Solomon’s best-selling novel and perhaps a quote the begins Roger Ebert’s autobiography Life Itself (“…movies are like a machine that generates empathy”), Rachel Dretzin’s Far from the Tree tells seven distinct stories of families and individuals grappling with disability, emotional trauma, and, ultimately, how to be happy. The film explores new stories inspired by those documented by Solomon, who grew up obsessed with Emily Dickens and opera. He went through attempts to cure himself of gay attractions via sexual surrogacy, eventually coming out, leading to marriage and an unconventional family situation. (His extended Lgbt family includes six parents of four children.)
Some of these passages could inspire their own engaging feature film, including the stories of Loini, Leah, and Joe, three little people who come together at an annual conference. Loini searches for love, meaning, and her place in the world while Joe and Leah find each other,...
Some of these passages could inspire their own engaging feature film, including the stories of Loini, Leah, and Joe, three little people who come together at an annual conference. Loini searches for love, meaning, and her place in the world while Joe and Leah find each other,...
- 5/3/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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