Tuesday's portion of a film was most likely the most literal autobiography we have witnessed in this class. Hershman's documentation of her struggle to lose weight was an interesting, albiet somewhat bland and outdated, look into the life of the film maker. Unlike Sadie Benning, This filmmaker chose to feature herself and tell her own story which I believe is a choice based on the fact that her was a stoy almost completely based on appearances.
I tended to get lost in the outdated fades and visual effects that she used while seemingly learning about the video editing machine capabilities. This is also an autobiographical series in based on the idea that she is learning this as she works and goes through her life processing this film. This idea came to me as the screen began to spread and show multiple images of the filmmaker. She was giving more information about herself than just the dialogue that was taking place.
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