Rating: 0/10
Running Time: 95 minutes
US Certificate: R
— P R E V I E W —Synopsis
Mark Wexlers cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler, whose long and illustrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th century classics. Haskells collaborations with such world-class filmmakers as Elia Kazan, Milos Forman, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Mike Nichols include such works as WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, COMING HOME, BOUND FOR GLORY and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST. The film features interviews with these artists, along with such luminaries as Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, Ron Howard and Julia Roberts.
But the true star of TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE is Haskell himself, a larger-than-life character who challenges his sons choices about camera placement, lighting, and storytelling while announcing with complete conviction that he could have done a better job directing most of the films hes shot. As these two men swap positions on camera and behind it sometimes shooting one another simultaneously the film explores the specifics of this particular father/son dynamic, while also revealing more universal truths about how our parents teach us to see the world, and how legacies, both personal and artistic, are created.
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— P R E V I E W —Synopsis Mark Wexlers cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler, whose long and illustrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th century classics. Haskells collaborations with such world-class filmmakers as Elia Kazan, Milos Forman, George […]