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I'm interested in documentary-whether it's afour second shot of something on the street or acontinuous three minute shot of people talking. I like to see "real life" cap tured on film . How one gets that real life into the camera and how one puts it together to be viewed are questions now being healthily discussed and challenged in the film com munity. I admire and am influenced by the work of four documentary filmmakers whose styles are wildly different - Frederick Wiseman , Danny Lyon, Errol Morris, and Robert Epstein. (My film) "Lighthearted Nation" can be long and difficult for some viewers, as avisit to a nursing home can sometimes be. It can be happy, sad, boring, stimulating ... and sometimes the best thing avisitor can ask is "Did you ever have a bloody nose?" I hope that "Lighthearted Nation" shows that the visit is worthwhile for both parties. -JM • Lighthearted Nation, shot in Smm video, edited 3/4 inch to 1 inch (screened in 3/4 inch videotape format), running time 53:00. Courtesy C-Hundred Film Corpora tion, Lancaster, PA.
Jim McKay, stills from "Lighthearted Nation," shot in Smm video, edited 3/4 inch to 1 inch (screened in 3/4 inch videotape format), running time 53:00 Photos by Mark Alcarez.
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