The sweetest sound [videorecording] / a film by Alan Berliner ; produced, directed, written and edited by Alan Berliner ; produced in association with ARTE France, British Broadcasting Corporation, Finnish Broadcasting Company/TV1 and Independent Television Service.

Subtitle from container: A film about names

0982426879
9780982426876

New York : Distributed by Lorber HT Digital, [2009]

English

In English with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

705105268316

CS2391.B47 S944 2009

LF-DVD-57 Lorber Films

"With the intimacy and humor of a personal essay, Berliner dives headfirst inside the American name pool in search of the treasures and dangers hidden inside his own name. A film that starts out in search of identity slowly transforms into a meditation on mortality. Along the way, he confronts his parents about the origins of his name, his sister about the names she gave her children and visits the Jim Smith Society, the National Linda Convention, the streets of New York, Holocaust name memorials, the Vietnam Memorial and the AIDS Quilt. He also stumbles upon some surprising news about name changes at Ellis Island."--Director's Website.

Originally produced in 2001.
Bonus features: POV interview with Alan Berliner; "Natural history", a short film by Alan Berliner; "The art of process" ; a DVD-ROM catalogue.

Director of photography, Richard Dallett.

DVD, NTSC region 0, full frame; Dolby digital 2.0.

Alan Berliner collection.

Natural history.

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