Niklas Vollmer

I am interesting in discussing the idea of human reaction to being faced with a video camera in general. While the idea of autobiography has traditionally been thought of as a writing of memories and thoughts for general distribution, the use of a camera , a large portion of this classes informative criteria, to document life is considered voyeuristic and too prying to be comfortable with. While his film Happy Crying Nursing Home touches this subject more than Reading the Water there still exists an element of documenting someone else to describe one's self and history. With in the family, how easily did his wife or father cope with the idea of constantly being filmed. I believe I have seen a clip of HCNH that touches on the idea of men or women who may have felt the same emotions as he has felt on the issue, within both groups there was a sense of unease to express their own feelings. Did any of this have to do with the intimidation of being filmed and the negative connotations of confessing or experiencing reality within such an immediate and reflective medium.