Steve James' film is amazing. The only thing more amazing is the unique family of John and Janet Pierson, and their brilliant and appropriately wonderful children, and their participation in this film that captures their incredible journey from the world of NY indie film-making to the middle of f***n nowhere, where the free-spirited family obtains an experience they will never forget.
This film should win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and the Piersons, one and all four, should be recognized for having had the courage, tenacity, and the ability to be so open to a totally foreign culture, and bridge their gap through cinema.
Take STAR WARS, WAR OF THE WORLDS, FANTASTIC FOUR, and all the other pre-frabricated Hollywood crap and burn it forever. This is what cinema and life is all about.
All hail Mr. James...and the amazing Pierson family. If only my family was so cool :)
This film should win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and the Piersons, one and all four, should be recognized for having had the courage, tenacity, and the ability to be so open to a totally foreign culture, and bridge their gap through cinema.
Take STAR WARS, WAR OF THE WORLDS, FANTASTIC FOUR, and all the other pre-frabricated Hollywood crap and burn it forever. This is what cinema and life is all about.
All hail Mr. James...and the amazing Pierson family. If only my family was so cool :)