Nobody's Business

One thing that we as a class have not discussed yet is forced autobiographies. After watching "Nobody's Business" I thought of the earlier class discussions which covered Foucault's lectures on self analyzation and it's origins. After watching this film I understand that the filmmaker and subjects son is interested in "confessing" his origins and telling the story of his family, mostly his father's, but how could one justify a self analyzation which doesn't come from within? It does seem like this borders on the confessions of Christian faith, which were forced by the church in return for a chance at salvation. although these confessions come as more of a forced converstion between father and son. The interview acts more of a son's inquest to have a heart to heart talk with his father about his origins and life, albiet I say forced due to the nature of the father's exclaimations.
Getting back to the issue though, while I believe this borders on a biographical film, the father's telling of his own story is not an autonomous self analysis. He does not look at his past or his family's history for the sake of bringing himself closer to God or as a way to learn from past mistakes. I say that it stems from his son's search for his own history through his father. His search for a chance at self confession through his father's self analysis.